BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Negro River, the Amazon's second largest tributary, on Monday reached its lowest level since official measurements began near Manaus 121 years ago. The record confirms that ...

More than half of Brazil's rivers are at risk of reduced flow due to water seeping into underground aquifers. This is the result of an analysis of 17,972 wells throughout the country. Of these, 55.4% ...

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of his life, Welton de Franca ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A night fishing trip 30 years ago showed Brazilian public health doctor Apolo Heringer the meaning of health: a clean river full of fish — a notion ...

River levels rose again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed 145 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Residents of the state of Rio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joao, a truck driver, poses for a picture while waiting for her truck to unload soybeans at the port of Miritituba as heavy grain ...

The worst drought in Brazil's history continues to reduce river levels in the Northern Arc region, hampering navigation on rivers that are used as waterways and are important routes to transport ...

Brazilian grain and fertilizer shipments remain at risk from low river levels along key waterways, as the worst drought in Brazil's history continues to hamper inland navigation. But rivers have ...

It looks like a snowy winter scene, but the Tiete river -- in Sao Paulo state, Brazil -- is actually covered in a toxic foam. During Brazil's dry season, the sewage that is dumped into the river ...

MIRITITUBA, Brazil, Feb ⁠27 (Reuters) - ⁠Truck drivers in Brazil are facing unusually ⁠long delays to deliver soybeans at the Miritituba port terminal in the Amazon rainforest, as a record harvest of ...