To permanently protect 150 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil established the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) ...

In their own words, river communities—and bioeconomy entrepreneurs—share their commitment to protecting their Amazon home ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous ...

One morning in 2024, Armando Schlindwein found an orange-bearded monkey on the roof of his farmhouse on the edge of the ...

One morning in 2024, Armando Schlindwein found an orange-bearded monkey on the roof of his farmhouse on the edge of the ...

Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 ...

By Mongabay.com A wildlife rescue center in Rio de Janeiro is giving animals a second chance after they’ve been torn from the ...

You don't need a GPS to find the home turf of the Amazon's most famous resident, Brazilian Chief Raoni Metuktire.

Once down to just 200 individuals in the wild, it is now thriving. Conservationists celebrate remarkable comeback of adorable ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...