A UC Berkeley-led analysis of tree mortality after two recent Amazonian droughts shows that “hot drought” conditions, which are becoming more frequent, are leading to tree dieoffs and reducing the ...

Deep in the mountains of southern Brazil, a bright orange frog, just over a centimeter long, hops into the spotlight.

When she was just 16, Juma Xipaia of Brazil’s Indigenous Xipaya people gave an interview in which she foresaw a challenging ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts — conditions that haven't been seen on ...

Over 5,000 indigenous people attended the UN's climate summit in the Amazon to call for land rights over their ancestral territories, but it's unclear to what degree negotiations took them into ...

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, President Lula and Environment Minister Marina Silva called on countries to agree a ...

Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between ...

The TFFF fund launched at COP30 aims to pay communities to protect the rainforest, but will it be enough? On French Guiana's ...

Ambassador Pompeu Andreucci Neto has seen it all in his 34-year career in diplomacy, and he still believes in the process.

Brazil’s Senate approved an environmental licensing bill that could expedite major infrastructure projects, including paving ...

President Jair Bolsonaro has pressured the state-controlled oil producer to lower gasoline prices, sinking its shares even as other big global producers soar. Gunmen targeted indigenous expert Bruno ...

The city of Belem is in northern Brazil, on the Para River, which is part of the Amazon River delta system. It is considered the gateway to the Amazon and serves as an important port and economic hub ...