Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children ...

In 15 conservation units, illegal gold miners destroyed 330 hectares (815 acres) — an area close to the size of Central Park ...

Gold is difficult to trace, especially once metal from different sources has been melted together. Investigators say this is ...

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to ...

Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally ...

Santa Claus navigated his way along the Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday to distribute gifts to children in ...

(AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) Dredging barges operated by illegal miners converge on the Madeira river, a tributary of the ...

Santa Claus arrives by boat to deliver gifts to Indigenous children in the riverside community of Abelha in the Brazilian ...

According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil's Amazon to ...

Climate scientists have warned that re-paving the road could trigger a climate crisis chain reaction with severe irreversible impacts on the Amazon, Brazil and the entire planet. Speaking to ...