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

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

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

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

It’s not just the environment that's vulnerable to growing regional criminal groups, an expert writes.

Mathematical analysis reveals that within Brazil's agriculture and livestock industry, the biofuels sector is most heavily ...

sunlight hits the leaves in Mamirauá Ecological Reservation in Amazonas in Brazil in 2022. To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive ...

Much of western Brazil is under stress and the Amazon basin rivers are registering at historic lows. Boats have been stranded on sandbanks, with people forced to transport goods on foot.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has committed to paving the BR-319 road through the Amazon rainforest, despite warnings from environmentalists that it could accelerate deforestation. The ...

In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own government say ...