Miami jurors will decide whether Harrel Braddy will remain in prison for the rest of his life or die by lethal injection.

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

Humans do very little when we sleep. This might not seem like a big deal, until you look to the dolphins as they sleep and swim with the pod. Or fur seals, who can sleep while watching out for sharks.

A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic ...

During the dry season, a shallow Amazon lake warmed to about 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius). Within days, over 100 river dolphins died from the heat and washed ashore around Lake Tefe in ...

Mixed martial arts fighter Geronimo dos Santos was found dead after going for a swim in the Amazon. The body of the 45-year-old heavyweight known as “Mondragon” was discovered floating near a beach ...

Most people enjoy spotting dolphins on vacation, but if you visited Brazil in 2023, you would not have wanted to see the dolphins there. Locals witnessed a devastating scene: hundreds of dead dolphins ...

The Amazon is not your average river. And Pure Amazon, Abercrombie & Kent's first riverboat in South America, is far from your average river cruising vessel. Think floating safari, but half a world ...

TAPAUA, Brazil — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as ...

Extreme drought, shallow waters, and high turbidity created lethal conditions for aquatic life and led to the mass dolphin die-off Researchers warn that such events are increasing with climate change, ...

A rare pink dolphin has been spotted swimming in Louisiana's brackish wasters within the Gulf Coast since 2007. The animal, nicknamed "Pinky," is believed to be a bottlenose dolphin with albinism, ...

In 2023, a severe drought heated several Amazonian lakes until they became hotter than a hot tub. Brazil's Lake Tefé hit 41.0 °C (105.8 °F). The resulting conditions killed more than 200 dolphins, ...