The Amazon’s dry season, made drier by climate change, cuts off river access to hospitals for many rural people – but women with traditional skills are closer to hand ...

Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed ...

DEUS E PAI, Brazil - Deep in the Amazon jungle ... to Tefe can take over a day – if the river isn't entirely impassable. Like most Brazilian women, Mayleane planned to have her baby in a ...

Brazil plans to dredge parts of the Amazon River after water levels reached a record low, endangering vital trade routes. Authorities say an artificially deeper river will restart the steady flow ...

MANAUS, Brazil — Dark clouds rumble over the tiny Amazon River community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. After two years of devastating drought, you might think that residents in this parched ...

Although Tabita is passing on the ancient trade to her own daughter, many young women prefer other paths. Amazon midwives ... the Solimoes river, near Tefe city, Amazonas state, Brazil, October ...