New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face ...

By Sibélia Zanon Restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is finding success on private lands, according to a newly published ...

Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between environmental protection and economic growth.

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

In a small stretch of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil lives a bright-orange species of frog that’s new to science, ...

Brazil’s climate conversation has a habit of returning to the same question: how can a country that depends so much on its natural riches also protect them? Renata Piazzon, who leads the São ...

Brazil’s most important environmental legislation is on the chopping block again, with politicians in the country’s lower chamber proposing to alter it by claiming it impedes economic growth. Brazil’s ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the opening of the Environment plenary session of the Brics summit at the Museum of Modern Art. Tomaz Silva/Agencia Brazil/dpa Brazil plans ...

BRASILIA – Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressure from cattle ranchers and soybean growers to cut down trees and expand agriculture. Their ...

Explore Sustainable Community Development in the Heart of the Brazilian Rainforests! Ready for an unforgettable journey? Embark on a houseboat adventure down the Rio Negro (which becomes the mighty ...

Scientists have found a new orange toad species in Brazil that is so small it fits on the tip of a pencil, highlighting the ...