The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian rainforest and the COP30 summit that ...

Dubbed the Avenida Liberdade highway, the new stretch of highway cuts across tens of thousands of acres of rainforest located ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the most important ecosystems on Earth. It absorbs carbon dioxide, supports countless species ...

A trial as to whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concludes in ...

A BBC report found on Wednesday that tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazonian rainforest are being cleared ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

The researchers highlighted two major deforestation hotspots: a northern area covering Bahia and Minas Gerais, where eucalyptus plantations and pasture expansions dominated; and a southern hotspot in ...

Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host COP30.

The Brazilian government is preparing to host the world’s largest climate summit uniquely – by chopping down tens of ...

The city is described as a "stronghold of Afro-Colombian culture, with a rich culinary and musical tradition that extends ...

IN the modern age, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anywhere on Earth that we haven’t fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet ...

In the Yanomami Indigenous Land, the largest in Brazil, leaders believe in their youths’ skills to maintain their ancestors’ ...

In the world of scientific discovery, it’s not always about how much time you spend in the rainforest or how deep ... For a group of paleontologists in Brazil, luck and intuition during a ...