A floating holiday down the Murray River

The deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile that has remained unparalleled ever since. Two new fossil ...

The lush tropical forests that are currently found along the Xingu river. University of Texas The deforestation of the Amazon is often referred to in terms of the loss of habitat and species. But it also may come back to cause unforeseen ...

A river of money from Amazon the company giving 500 that the Amazon points to existing and new Kindle fire customers. OK it's only five blocks but it sounds like a lot. The money can be used to purchase apps or make purchases won't using an app ...

What do you think about if you hear the word Amazon? The online shop or the Amazon River and surrounding regions? The governments of Brazil and Peru are resisting attempts by the e-commerce giant Amazon to secure the domain suffix .amazon for ...

Amazon Watch, Damocracy For more information, contact: Caroline Bennett, 1.510.281.9020, caroline@amazonwatch.org Christian Poirier, +33 6.2305.9435, christian@amazonwatch.org Istanbul, Turkey Dam-affected communities and international conservation ...

At least 13 people have drowned after an overcrowded boat capsized on a tributary near the mouth of the Amazon River. Divers are searching the hold of the sunken vessel for about a dozen people who are still missing after rescuers picked up 46 ...

Covering more than 7 million square kilometres in South America, the Amazon basin is one of the biggest and most impressive river systems in the world. But it turns out we have only known half the story until now. Brazilian scientists have found a ...

At least 12 people died and around 15 were missing on Friday after a boat capsized in the Ariri river in the Brazilian Amazon, firefighters said in a revised toll, as an investigation got under way.

--(PR.com)-- G Adventures is increasing its capacity on the Amazon River by more than 30 per cent with the launch of a newly refurbished, purpose-built vessel for 2013, which started sailing this month. Carrying 32 passengers, the comfort-level ...