According to Amazonian folklore, the area’s male river dolphins are shapeshifters (encantade), transforming at night into handsome young men who seduce and impregnate human women. The legend’s origins ...

Researchers say they have made a startling discovery in the Amazon River. But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations, they ...

The fellow passenger chortled, then quipped, "Like men and women, I guess some rivers are from Mars, some from Venus." During a lecture in the lounge of our riverboat, the cruise manager had just said ...

AKRON, Ohio -- The Akron Zoo is mourning the loss of its 8-year-old male river otter, Porthos, who died unexpectedly last month. Porthos went into cardiac arrest during a Jan. 17 routine exam, the zoo ...