Geography of South America

Two thousand miles of river wind through the interior of South America connecting one of the world’s largest remaining wetlands to the sea. The political leaders of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia have agreed to design a way for more commerce to flourish along the rocky shoals of the Parana and Paraguay rivers against […]

Brazil plans to build dozens of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin to prevent power outages when hosting the World Cup and the Olympics. But dams can disrupt sensitive ecosystems like those in the Amazon rainforest, and environmentalists and some indi

Manaus, Brazil is a city of 2 million people completely surrounded by the Amazon rainforest. Pockets of forest lie within the city and are home to a rare monkey found nowhere else in the world.

Tom Lopez offers an ode to the magic and music of the singing frogs of South America’s Pantanal region.