Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total ...

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported on Wednesday, as the coun ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally ...

Astronauts typically express awe and even love for the beautiful Earth below while they’re in orbit. I wonder how they feel when seeing such raging, massive blazes as the firestorm viciously consuming ...

BRASILIA — Brazil’s top court refused to return the passport of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro, who had hoped to attend next week’s inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Brasília: Brazil's top court on Thursday refused to return the passport of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro so that he could attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.