Pete Casey’s epic, six-year trek along the entire length of the Amazon River nears its final steps for his ambitious journey. There was the pit viper that bit his pant leg. River pirates and ...

Flooding has hit Bolivia, leaving 53 dead, eight missing, and thousands of families affected in five months. Deputy Minister of Civil Defense Juan Carlos Calvimontes on Wednesday said that 3,000 ...

By Fabio Zuker Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Peru last November and inaugurated the Chancay Port, a megaproject rising ...

About 60% of the Amazon is in Brazil, but the Amazon spans Bolivia, Colombia ... hiking under the tree canopy or boating up the Amazon River. Even though the elusive jaguar may not cross your ...

Argentine authorities have taken steps towards patrolling the Bolivia-bordering Bermejo River with Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) units so as not to leave the neighboring country ...

Although the region has no seasons, the Amazon River rises and falls by as much as 30 feet during the year, and the variety of living things one can see changes with it. Every journey reveals new ...

Blue whales can sing low enough to remain undetected by killer whales, tarantulas can run just as fast with six legs as they do with eight, and now research has revealed that Amazon river dolphins ...

At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on South America, a continent that has the world’s largest river by volume, the River Amazon ... on the border of Bolivia and Peru.