A Jatoba tree, originally from the Amazon, is placed in front of the Norwegian Embassy, during a protest by activists seeking symbolic refugee status for the plant, in Brasilia A Jatoba tree, ...

In northeastern Brazil, there is a tree so vast that visitors often mistake it for an entire grove. The paths wind beneath its canopy, multiple trunks rise from the ground, and sunlight filters ...

A type of holly tree in Brazil that was believed to be extinct was rediscovered after 186 years. An organization called Re:wild said it was one of their "top 25 most wanted lost species." The ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, the distinctive candelabra shapes of Araucaria trees (Araucaria angustifolia) have defined landscapes at the southern edge of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Humans have ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Indigenous activists delivered a Jatoba tree to Norway’s embassy in Brasilia on Tuesday, seeking “refugee” status for it in a symbolic protest against the destruction of Brazil’s ...