Forty-six percent of tree species in Mesoamerica are threatened with extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will ...

Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That changed after she ...

New tiny tree-dwelling tarantula species, Typhochlaena chapadensis, found in the Chapada Diamantina region of Brazil. The species faces threats from pet trade.