First came the floods, then the fire. As he officially opened COP30, Brazil’s president, Lula Inacio da Silva said that by ...

A world-first single-dose vaccine against the dengue virus, manufactured and approved for use in Brazil, will especially ...

The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution ...

This year’s U.N. climate negotiations were seen by activists as a letdown. But a Times reporter found some encouraging signs ...

They found that properties with secure land rights deforested less and were more likely to comply with Brazil's Forest Code, ...

On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an ...

Fueled by açaí flowers, a bee's resin once used for war wounds is now evolving as a new ingredient for cosmetics.

Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby ...

The dark purple berry enjoyed promotion as a sustainable “bioeconomy” product at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil’s ...

As Brazil's government seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations' climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image ...

Brazil’s decision to approve oil drilling exploration near the Amazon River has raised concerns over the future of the ...

Environmental advocates warn oil leaks or spills could cause irreparable damage to the unique and understudied ecosystem.They are suing the Brazilian government and its largest state-owned oil ...