After five years of planning, design, construction, and animal acquisition, Caldwell Zoo’s long-awaited Amazon River’s Edge ...

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...

By shifting focus to smaller fish species, communities can reduce ecological pressures while improving public health outcomes ...

“[It] was intended to give people a snapshot of what it would look like walking along the Amazon River in South America,” said Scott Maddox, the zoo’s chief operating officer. “We’ve got habitats ...

Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team ...

Wildlife experts are searching for clues following the discovery of a dead humpback whale in the Amazon jungle ... It is believed the animal made its way up the region's river system before ...

According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the total known number of species in the rainforest ... northern portion of South America is the Amazon river. Although it’s disputed if the Amazon ...

“Almost every big river in North America and Europe is massively modified" through damming, putting freshwater species at risk, he said. In South America, the vast Amazon River ecosystem also ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Wednesday.