Brazil

A 28-year-old Brazilian resident participating in a covid-19 vaccine trial run by AstraZeneca and the University of…

Major fires in the Brazilian Amazon are being set at an unprecedented rate. Between May 28 and Aug. 25, 2020, more…

Amid falling citywide rates of covid-19 infection, many New Yorkers are beginning to emerge from months of lockdown.…

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is up. Way up.

Infamous coronavirus skeptic Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, triumphantly declared on Saturday that he had…

U.S. President Donald Trump apparently isn’t the only world leader unhappy with the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Here’s our roundup of the latest developments and research into covid-19, including more evidence of racial…

When the Amazon Rainforest burns, illegal loggers and miners are typically to blame. In the past, indigenous…

Activity in most of the world has come to a halt due to the spread of the coronavirus, but illegal logging and land…

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro sparked protests with a Tuesday evening address in which he claimed the…

Twitter is testing a new feature in Brazil that auto-deletes tweets after just one day in a move it says is intended…

The dark, rocky face of the Dois Irmãos Mountain rises over the rainforest and through the clouds, overlooking the…

Scientists in Brazil say they’ve made a mysterious discovery. They claim to have found a virus made of genetic…

Journalist firebrand Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes by federal prosecutors in Brazil, according…

Last year was certainly the year of fire, and the Amazon was at the epicenter of it as humans used fires to clear…

When Omar El Akkad returned to the playground where he snuck his first kiss as a teenager in Doha, Qatar, he was…

This has been a watershed year for tropical forests—and not in a good way. Massive fires have burned through…

In September, fires in the Amazon Rainforest dropped dramatically both compared to the number of fires the region…

Criminals, violence, and illegal activity drive deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to a new report.…