By Mongabay.com The Republic of Congo has one of the lowest deforestation rates in the world, but “uncontrolled gold mining” ...

They are considered the king of the Amazon, and are known for their powerful bite and hunting abilities. They are the most ...

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the ...

As dawn sunlight seeped through the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, a colorful creature with “toxic skin” climbed down ...

Scientists have known for some time now that tropical birds are falling in number. In general, the cause has been attributed ...

A recent ruling by Brazil's Supreme Court could help protect the Amazon from illegal deforestation and wildfires.

A settlement involving federal prosecutors and Brazilian meat packers has helped wean much of the country's beef supply chain ...

The tiny amphibian, observed in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon, is the first such discovery in a decade.

Slaughterhouses that agreed to a settlement with Brazilian prosecutors were far more likely to obey environmental laws banning the purchase of cattle from illegally ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have uncovered fossil evidence of an endangered tropical tree species for the very ...

J ane Fonda has always been one to stand up for what she believes in. With a lifetime of activism under her belt, the ...

The Cerrado, stretching across 2 million square kilometers of Brazil, is the largest and most diverse savanna in. It’s often ...