On a mountaintop in southern Brazil, a scaly creature with a ... Milky Way catfish live in a mountain river at an altitude of about 3,200 feet, the study said. The fish were “rare” and ...

A state of emergency has been declared in local municipalities According to reports released in Brazil Tuesday, the Solimões River has dried up and has become a desert while the Negro River in ...

At the same time, the Paraguay River crosses the Pantanal. Brazil's northern region is expected to maintain intense drought conditions, according to ANA data. In the meantime, the National Center ...

However, this year’s carnival will also be remembered for the tribute that was paid to freshwater – and to the victims of Brazil's worst environmental ... as the rio Doce – literally the ‘sweet river’ ...

Scientists think the river originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru. It travels from west to east through Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil before emptying in the Atlantic Ocean.