Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, ...

A pledge from the Brazilian president to pave a road that runs through the Amazon rainforest is prompting concerns from ...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has shrunk by an area as big as Spain over four decades and is nearing a dangerous tipping point, ...

This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire ...

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In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been expanding since the 1970s, forest ...

The Amazon rainforest is often called the lungs of the planet because its trees help to regulate the global climate by ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government satellite data released Wednesday. It’s the largest ...

A fallen tree reveals seven burial urns in the Brazilian Amazon: human remains, fish, and turtles found in giant pots.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in ...