A federal court in Brazil dismissed charges Tuesday against one of three men arrested for the killings of Indigenous peoples ...

To figure out how to save the wetland forests of the Amazon, an ecologist from Brazil led a massive series of expeditions to ...

A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some of ...

In the town of Manacapuru, near state capital Manaus, the drought has impacted navigation on the Solimoes River, which turns ...

TEFE, Brazil, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in ...

Brazilian scientists worry that a few straight days of intense sun could be all it takes to trigger the next die-off of the ...

It’s not just the environment that's vulnerable to growing regional criminal groups, an expert writes.

The delicate ecosystem in the Amazon rainforest is threatened by drought. A series of record-breaking wildfires are currently burning in several regions in Brazil, threatening residents and some ...

MANACAPURU, Brazil (Reuters) - Severe droughts across Brazil's Amazon rainforest region are drastically altering residents' lives as mobility is hampered by record-low levels on upper stretches of ...

Much of western Brazil is under stress and the Amazon basin rivers are registering at historic lows. Boats have been stranded on sandbanks, with people forced to transport goods on foot.

In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own government say ...