I went on the river for money, I sold my rotten shack / For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back / ...

THE republics of South America have looked outward to the sea rather than in the direction of their immediate neighbors. In the first place, they are essentially producers of raw materials whose ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

Amazon River: A Jungle Predator’s Paradise (image credits: pixabay) The Amazon River, winding through South America, is home to the fearsome black caiman, a close relative of the crocodile. The black ...

Introduction The Llanos Orientales in Colombia and the Orinoco Llanos in Venezuela, known as the Llanos of the Orinoquia ecoregion, represent the second-largest Neotropical savanna ecosystem covering ...

A ‘participant observer’ of cultures Manvir Singh, assistant professor of anthropology at UC Davis, has always felt ...

You’d be excused for being suspicious of these concoctions. Poured into clear-glass one-gallon jars of unregulated ...

The Brief Seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water, including Arizona, have to come to an agreement on water sharing by 2026. Currently, negotiations are stuck in a stalemate. Gov ...

As Colorado River stakeholders scramble to negotiate the basin’s long-term operational guidelines, the Trump administration ...

Stubborn hope for vanishing giants An Orinoco crocodile is seen at the Masaguaral Ranch, a captive breeding centre near Tamarindito, Guarico State, Venezuela. — Reuters ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...