Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon rainforest. Exacerbated by a severe drought, the fires threaten one of the world’s most ...

A team of Brazilian Greenpeace environmental activists on Friday placed a protect banner on a sandbank that has emerged in ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts ...

Brazilian Legal Amazonia (BLA)—which comprises the entirety of the Amazon Basin located in Brazil and vast adjacent swathes ...

To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to ...

Brazil has no plan to launch a dedicated sovereign Amazon bond, a senior treasury official told Reuters, and will instead fund protection of the world's biggest rainforest via its new environmental ...

Brazil has opted against launching a dedicated sovereign Amazon bond, choosing instead to utilize its environmental and ...

In the town of Manacapuru, near state capital Manaus, the drought has impacted navigation on the Solimoes River, which turns ...

A federal court in Brazil has dismissed charges against one of three men arrested in the killings of an Indigenous peoples ...

Vast, diverse parts of Brazil are burning at the same time, forcing officials to rethink how to protect crucial ecosystems ...

The best times for birdwatching in the Amazon are during the dry season, from June to November, when birds are more visible.