For nearly 20 years, Brazil's largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest -- the world's biggest -- wasn't grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy ...

Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through ...

In communities around the Amazon Rainforest, there's a pervasive belief that large landowners use their money to influence ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

A group representing some of the world’s largest soybean traders is exiting a landmark deal created in Brazil to protect the ...

In the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in the Brazilian Amazon, locals tap rubber and extract Brazil nuts from the rainforest ...

Brazil is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries in the world. Enjoy this Travel guide featuring the incredible destinations of Brazil. From the wonders of Rio de Janeiro, to the wildlife of ...

New research tries to anticipate road building to identify areas in the Amazon, Asia and Africa that are likely to face deforestation. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Preventing illegal road building could ...

Parts of the Amazon are drifting into uncharted territory. According to a concerning new study published in Nature, the rainforest is approaching a climate state that scientists are calling ...

A study has revealed that humanity's footprint in the Amazon rainforest is reshaping the forest in ways scientists didn't expect — altering its deep evolutionary history and disrupting how the ...