In the heart of the Amazon Basin, where the borders and cultures of Peru, Colombia and Brazil converge, a tiny, shape-shifting island has become the unlikely setting for a diplomatic tug of war.

The government has granted the state-run Petrobras a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Brazil's environmental agency Ibama greenlit state-run oil company Petrobras to conduct exploratory research by drilling ...

The Brazilian government has given permission to Petrobras to drill oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, thereby raising ...

Brazil’s state oil firm Petrobras has been granted permission to begin exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon ...

Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for ...

Petrobras said Brazil's Ibama environmental agency awarded a license to drill one exploratory well in the Foz do Amazonas region near the mouth of the Amazon river.

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions are taking the world’s time-honored ecosystems, like the world-famous Amazon River, down onto their knees. The problem is greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 trap heat and ...

The jungle town of Leticia provides Colombia’s only access to the Amazon River. But as the river changes course the town could soon be left high and dry and that’s fueling a border dispute with ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water level at the Port of Manaus in 122 years. A state of emergency has been ...

Recent research shows that there is considerable overlap in the important corridors for jaguars and key freshwater species, highlighting the potential for integrated conservation.