There are always exceptions to the rule, and this boiling Amazonian river is undoubtedly an exception to our current understanding of the Amazon Rainforest. Andrés Ruzo, a PhD candidate in ...

An underground river has now ... water available in the Amazon region, which is a critical factor for investigating life there. Hamza and Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel detailed their findings Aug ...

Then, in 1971, a National Geographic expedition led by Loren McIntyre identified the snow-capped peak of Mismi (map) as the headwaters of the Apurímac River and the ultimate source of the Amazon.

The Amazon River has been around three times longer ... researcher at the University of Amsterdam. The research is detailed in a study published online March 20 in the journal Global and Planetary ...

In 1846, according to the atlas “Maps of Useful Knowledge,” the Amazon was the world’s longest river, at 3,200 miles; the Nile came in at 2,750. More recently, Brazilian researchers have ...