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Scientists discovered a new snake species known as the northern green anaconda.

Discovery of new species of giant anaconda, the world’s biggest snake, in the Amazon, shocks scientists

The green anaconda has long been considered one of the Amazon’s most formidable and ...

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Bryan G. Fry
Socorro Kapinawá, an Indigenous leader in Malhador village, Kapinawá territory. Photo by Xavier Bartaburu/Mongabay.

The 50-year-old Heroic Fight of Brazil’s Kapinawá Indigenous People Against Land-grabbers

In the Brazilian backlands, the jurema is a most willful tree: When you think ...

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Xavier Bartaburu
The southern muriqui, endemic to Brazil, is in danger of extinction. Rob Jansen / Shutterstock

Threat of Extinction to Brazilian Primates Is Also a Threat to the Forest

We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap ...

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Juan Carlos Guix and Antoni Serra Sorribes
Rendering of an oil derrick in the rainforest. AI-generated.

Brazilian Hypocrisy: Green Talk and Brown Actions

Brazil’s massive 13 December 2023 auction of oil and gas drilling rights betrays a ...

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Philip M. Fearnside
A protester stands in front of the hotel where Brazil held an auction for oil and gas concession areas in Rio. Thomson Reuters Foundation /André Cabette

Activists Mad at Lula and Brazil for Over 600 Oil Concessions After All Promises at COP28

Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva urged countries to “work towards an economy ...

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Andre Cabette Fabio
The idea of vacation spots that are a “paradise on earth” can sometimes overlook uncomfortable truths. Pexels, CC BY

Bluewashing in Brazil: How an Ecotourism Project Is Expelling Indigenous Peoples from Their Land

When the notion of “ecotourism” was introduced in the late 1970s, it was intended ...

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Michelle Mielly
A man searches for water on Puraquequara Lake, which has been affected by historic drought in the Amazon, in Manaus Brazil - REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Amazon Drought Can Turn the Forest into a Savannah

A severe drought in Brazil’s Amazon has damaged the forest ecosystem, brought chaos for ...

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Andre Cabette Fabio
Community of Catalão suffers from drought in Amazonas - Photo: Gato Júnior/Rede Amazônica

Amazon Drought Becomes Time Bomb for Pandemic Diseases

Home to the greatest biodiversity on the planet, the Amazon is also a ticking ...

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Camila M. Romano
Fisherman Dil Maiko Marinho stands by a felled tree in an area claimed by Cargill in Xingu Island, Brazil. Photo taken August 12, 2023. Thomson Reuters Foundation /André Cabette Fábio

Amazon Residents Accuse US Cargill of Threatening Their Rights and Way of Life

For centuries, riverside communities, including the “quilombola” descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped from ...

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Andre Cabette Fabio
Lake Mauá is the second lake to dry up completely in the East Zone of Manaus because of the severe outflow

Hit by Drought, the Amazon Is Desperately in Need of a Plan to Save Its Biome

The drought plaguing the Amazon is a worrying portrait of the climate challenges facing ...

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Lucas Ferrante