Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published Wednesday ...

By Stefanie Eschenbacher, Luciana Magalhaes and Simon Jessop SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, ...

By Alexandre de Santi In just under a year from now, the world will turn to Belém, Brazil, a city on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest, for the COP30 United Nations climate summit. For many ...

These results are being celebrated as a major win for conservationists and climate advocates. The Brazilian government, led ...

South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

Brazil’s INPE space research agency data showed deforestation soaring 29.5% to 9,762 square kilometers for the 12 months through July 2019 Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to ...

The Brazilian Supreme Court is ready to rule on a request challenging a state law that ends tax breaks for grain traders ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change predicts that 36% of anurans’ habitats worldwide will soon be threatened by a combination of rising temperatures and water scarcity. Brazil has the greatest ...

Patrícia Medici is a world-leading expert in Brazil's lowland tapirs.  She is using scientific data to protect these animals, which play an essential role in rainforest ecosystems ...

Landslides caused by torrential rains in southeast Brazil have left at least 10 people dead, rescue services in Minas Gerais ...