:: "This type of event has been occurring throughout the seven provinces of our region of Amazonas. The fires have affected about 53,000 hectares (130,965 acres) so far, but we still need to quantify ...

Now a story about the mighty Amazon rainforest that isn't about its biodiversity or threats from climate change. It's about opera. Yeah, deep in the Amazon sits a century-old Renaissance theater ...

The terras caídas phenomenon also threatens riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon, with several incidents in recent ...

Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought. In Manaus, a city of 2 million, air quality ...

Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her community to the nearest hospital. Enter Tabita dos Santos ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as part of a ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Rivers in the Amazon rainforest have dropped to record low levels as one of the region’s worst ever droughts ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires ...

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway. As a punishing drought ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Canadian-backed company seeking to mine potash in the Brazilian Amazon has finally begun a consultation process with Indigenous inhabitants — ...