Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought. In Manaus, a city of 2 million, air quality ...

:: "This type of event has been occurring throughout the seven provinces of our region of Amazonas. The fires have affected about 53,000 hectares (130,965 acres) so far, but we still need to quantify ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Rivers in the Amazon rainforest have dropped to record low levels as one of the region’s worst ever droughts ...

Deep in the Amazon jungle, a pregnant woman needs help. Her baby is about to come, and a drought has parched the rivers that connect her community to the nearest hospital. Enter Tabita dos Santos ...

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway. As a punishing drought ...

APUI, Brazil Aug 9 (Reuters) - Fire brigades in the Brazilian Amazon are battling blazes off to their worst start in 20 years for the rainforest, according to government satellite data, following a ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as part of a ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires ...

Peru offers its visitors unparalleled encounters with nature, and its allure entices the inquisitive explorer to venture deep into its heart. Peru is an ecological marvel, with much of its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A Canadian-backed company seeking to mine potash in the Brazilian Amazon has finally begun a consultation process with Indigenous inhabitants — ...

Fires rage in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, known affectionately, albeit not exactly accurately, as the lungs of the Earth, and the citizens of the world, including European and United Nations ...

Sao Paulo, Brazil – At least six people have been killed in a series of deadly Amazon land conflicts in Brazil, stoking fears of rising violence in the region under far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.