By Mongabay.com Blood Timber, a Mongabay series on illegal logging and cattle ranching in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, has ...

Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...

The pools of Lençóis Maranhenses are clear and blue ...

Plans to construct a sprawling port and railway line in Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão is sparking concerns among some residents and civil society groups about its potential impact on the ...

State of Maranhão, Brazil - January 03, 2025 On January 3, 2025, in Timon, Maranhão, Brazil, @wakyson_ shared a video of their family working together to catch a rat in their home.

Brazilian water and sanitation company BRK tapped the private sector arms of the IDB Group and French development agency AFD as part of a BRL825 million ($135 million) loan package to expand access to ...

Deaths caused by police interventions increased in at least ten federative units in Brazil between 2023 and 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. São Paulo ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto attend a ceremony honoring ...