Forest loss reached 371 square miles during the period, the second-highest total for May since the current monitoring system ...

Frequent forest fires and agricultural expansion are degrading soil health in the southern Brazilian Amazon. This results in ...

A large-scale federal operation to remove cattle raised illegally in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has triggered ...

By André Schröder Brazil is a country shaped by highways. The transportation model adopted by President Juscelino Kubitschek ...

“The Amazon’s hydrological cycle is becoming more extreme,” co-author Roel Brienen of the University of Leeds said in a ...

Likely approval of bill easing environmental licensing requirements enjoys leniency from federal government due to interest ...

By the late 1990s, fewer than 5,000 red-tailed amazons remained. The parrot, native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, depends on guanandi trees to survive.

Critics fear oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River is a step backwards from Lula’s ‘zero emissions’ goal.

Brazil’s environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same ...

fires in the more humid Amazon typically burn along the forest floor, causing less immediate damage. Some areas recover over time, while others eventually collapse. Brazil’s monitoring system ...

fires in the more humid Amazon typically burn along the forest floor, causing less immediate damage. Some areas recover over time, while others eventually collapse. Brazil’s monitoring system ...

FILE - The Trans-Amazon Highway crosses a deforested area near Humaita Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) 31,515 people played the daily Crossword recently.