Experts believe dredging could unearth buried mercury deposits, which would harm the Amazon’s fragile ecosystem.

Rescue workers in Brazil on Tuesday were searching for two people, including a six-year-old girl, after a landslide in its ...

The Amazon region of northern Brazil continues to suffer under the worst drought in 120 years, resulting in the lowest water ...

Angelo State University has been awarded thousands of dollars through a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation ...

The landslide could be related to riverbank erosion, which has been worsened by the severe drought affecting the Amazon ...

Some 200 people may have been buried after a landslide occurred Monday in a port area of Manacapuru, Brazil's Amazonas state, ...

A landslide at Manacapuru Port in Brazil's Amazonas state has trapped an estimated 200 people. Rescue efforts are underway ...

A report has revealed that an area of forest the size of Latvia was lost to deforestation last year. Tropical regions are losing the most trees, though Brazil shows signs of improvement.

As blazes set new records, it is important to denormalize the framing of forest destruction as a simple natural cycle, detached from criminal activity, intentional deforestation, economic interests, ...

The National Confederation of Municipalities estimates that 11 million people have been directly affected by the fires. The economic losses reached at least 1,1 billion BRL (203 Million USD), ...

Global Witness has uncovered alarming connections between the supply chain of one of the world’s largest collagen producers and extensive deforestation and human rights abuses in Paraguay's Gran Chaco ...

Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study ...