The Pantanal region, another biome in Brazil, also faced severe impacts. In 2024, 1.9 million hectares were burned, with 648,796 hectares consumed in August alone, as noted by G1. The Cerrado ...

Despite this, Brazil recorded an 11.6% drop in the total surface deforested in 2023. “The data shows the first drop in deforestation in Brazil since 2019 when the report was first published.

Brazil's Petrobras has obtained approval from the country's environmental agency to clear corals from the underside of the ...

Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands, is home to a sizable population of jaguars. Near one tiny outpost, the ...

That's a 980% year-on-year increase, according to data from Brazil's National Institute for ... more than any other Brazilian biome. The growth of industrial soya bean farming has driven demand ...

By Shanna Hanbury A new species of parrot snake lay undetected for nearly nine years in a scientific collection in Brazil. It ...

Brazil's dry period usually lasts from August ... regions were facing a serious reduction in water. The Pantanal biome dried up the most in 2023, recording a 61% decrease compared to the 1985 ...