The Volte Grande Project on the Xingu river is destined to be Brazil’s largest open-pit goldmine. But activists fear the environmental impact on indigenous communities.

and Xingu Rivers are all tributaries of the Amazon River. At the same time, the Paraguay River crosses the Pantanal. Brazil's northern region is expected to maintain intense drought conditions ...

They live only in a small stretch of the Xingu River in Pará State of northern Brazil and face “severe environmental degradation” due to a hydroelectric complex, “natural flood and drought ...

Fishermen along the Xingu River have been familiar with assacu-preto ... The river winds through several states in northern Brazil. The new species was identified by its teeth, skeleton, coloring ...