South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis.

"If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... The improvement under leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

“If the Amazon rainforest is to avoid the tipping point ... leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva contrasted with deforestation that hit a 15-year high under Lula's predecessor, far ...

The Amazon rainforest is shrinking due to deforestation, driven by industries like timber and cattle. But what if there was a way to profit from protecting it instead? We explore the concept of ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published last week ...

Authorities are also investigating the colonies since some of the land grab coincides with Indigenous communities. Satellite ...

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal ...

Throughout a year in which Latin America saw elections in six countries and prepared for the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, ...

In the summer of 2022, researchers trudged into the jungles of the Alto Mayo region of Peru in search of undiscovered ...

Since the start of the 21st century, major planetary ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest and Antarctica have consistently ...

Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ...