This year’s United Nations climate summit, scheduled for November in Brazil, has been designed to make history by bringing world leaders, diplomats and some 50,000 other participants into the heart of ...

Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985—an area larger than Spain.

With fewer than 100 days to go, Brazil is under fire from countries concerned about a shortage of hotel rooms and soaring ...

CASES of a killer virus that can make the body “fold in on itself” have increased in the UK, health chiefs have warned. There were 73 cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that ...

Brazilian environmental agency Ibama and state-run oil company Petrobras have scheduled a disaster simulation in the country's Foz do Amazonas region for the week of August 24, Ibama said on Wednesday ...

Some 52 million hectares of natural land have been lost in the Brazilian Amazon region since 1985 – an area larger than Spain ...

Subscribers to Amazon.com's Prime service can now get strawberries, milk, meats and frozen dinners on the same day they order ...

Brazil says the UN talks will stay in the Amazon city of Belém and argues enough beds are available despite a shortage of ...

Petrobras has received authorization for a pre-operational assessment, moving closer to an exploration permit for an environmentally sensitive offshore region in the Amazon basin.