Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops, putting pressure on a ...

SANTAREM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian soy farmers are pushing further into the Amazon rainforest to plant more of their crops ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come.

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

For the Indigenous Gayo, Alas, Kluet, Aneuk Jamee, and Karo peoples, Leuser is not merely a forest—it is sacred ancestral land. Their stewardship has kept the ecosystem intact for centuries. But in ...

Despite its ecological importance, parts of the Amazon are hotbeds of violence, illegal deforestation, cattle grazing, mining, and drug smuggling. Mongabay’s reporters traveled to the rainforest, at ...

Wildfire destroyed some 300,000 square kilometres in Brazil last year, equivalent to the surface area of Italy and 62% more ...

Latin American cartels once were masters of the drug trade, but spikes in prices led them into controlling a new venture.