SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s banks will be required to verify official satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit beginning on Wednesday in the South American country.

Photographer Lalo de Almeida has been documenting the industrialisation taking place in the Amazon rainforest after the ...

Marina Silva is stepping down as Brazil’s environment minister so that she can run for Congress in national elections.

New research reveals the 2024 Amazon wildfires may have released up to three times more carbon than previously estimated.

Forest loss, along with climate change, is changing the resilience of the Amazon Rainforest. By disrupting the movement of ...

Fires are a recurring phenomenon in central South America, often intensified by drought and deforestation. In 2024, wildfire ...

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The cardinal tetra is one of the most popular pet fish in the world. They look like little red and blue sequins. You've almost certainly seen them at the pet store or the fish tank at your dentist's ...

The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil and neighboring South American countries is one of the largest and most remote ecosystems on Earth. In recent years, travelers and explorers have ventured deep into the ...

The Cerrado savanna in Brazil is the second-largest biome in South America and stores as much carbon as 20% of the Amazon rainforest, according to new research. Credit: Andre Dib The Cerrado savanna ...