Falling deforestation alerts in the Brazilian Amazon are cautiously encouraging. If forest clearing continues to decline, the benefits could reach far beyond carbon storage and climate policy. For ...

A team of wildlife researchers from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, in Brazil, working with a colleague from the National Museum of the Czech Republic, has discovered a new species of ...

Some animals inspire fear, while others inspire entire cosmologies. The green anaconda, widely regarded as the largest snake in the world, capable of reaching lengths of up to 30 feet and weighing ...

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest fragments that were separated by urban roads.

Brazil is a custodian to two thirds of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest. The biome is home to millions of Brazilians, including hundreds of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities, ...