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

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

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 ...

Brazilian scientists worry that a few straight days of intense sun could be all it takes to trigger the next die-off of the ...

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

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 ...

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.