... giant armadillo, jaguar and maned wolf struggle to survive in the fast-changing habitat also know as Brazil’s breadbasket.
The expedition included 26 researchers from the University of São Paulo and ...
Biofuel and other derivatives from sugarcane have for the first time overtaken hydroelectric power as an energy source in Brazil, according to an annual official study released Thursday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Destruction of the Amazon is again on the upswing despite a recent crackdown on illegal logging, Brazil's new environment minister said Wednesday....
Brazil's new Environment Minister Carlos Minc takes office as economic pressure on the Amazon region rises.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court is expected to decide on Wednesday whether to uphold legislation that allows research on embryonic stem cells in the world's largest Roman Catholic country. ...
Officials in Brazil released photographs Friday of what's believed to be one of the last groups of indigenous people in the world that hasn't had face-to-face contact with outsiders.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Destruction of the Amazon seems to be on the upswing, and Brazil's environment minister has wasted no time in aiming at a villain: Cattle....
Brazil has the tools for an innovative health biotech sector, but is impeded by regulatory barriers and poor coordination, says a new study.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants to Brazil. Now many in the community of 1.5 million are known as excellent farmers.
The eastern part of Brazil's Amazon Basin and rainforests, located in the state of Pará, is highlighted in this Envisat image.
... shallower reefs," says Guilherme Dutra, Conservation International's director of marine programs in Brazil. "That's the good news. The bad news is that only a small percentage of marine habitats in ...
... Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin ...
Brazil is set to launch a satellite, carrying a British-made high-tech camera, in 2011 for various applications including environmental observation.
This Envisat image highlights the southeastern coast of Brazil, South America’s largest and most populous country.
