This ecosystem is home to an extraordinary variety of plants and animals, accounting for about 25% of the world's terrestrial species.

The largest river island in the world is not Majuli but the massive Marajó Island in Brazil, which covers 40,100 km² at the mouth of the Amazon River. Learn about the largest fluvial island in the ...

From Chile’s southern tip to the arctic winter landscapes of Canada and Alaska, The Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks, takes ...

The river banks of the Red River - Art Wager/Getty Images At around 1,360 miles, the Red River (sometimes called the Red River of the South) is longer than the Ohio River, as well as the Pacific ...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis region is surrounded by significant waterways, but the rivers are often underestimated in their influence on the region's weather and climate. The nation's two largest rivers ...