Before her husband died, Katia Abreu was a housewife who didn't know a cow from a bull. Today, she is a powerful rancher and senator who was named Brazil's next agriculture minister, a choice that has ...

Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian ...

Zaqueu Belém Araújo cuts a leaf from an acai tree and skillfully folds and twists it, tying one end to the other to form a ...

PARANAÍTA, Brazil — Cattle are a huge problem. They’re the No. 1 threat to biodiversity and the No. 2 threat (after fossil fuels) to the climate. Their burps, farts and poop are major sources of ...

Fueled by açaí flowers, a bee's resin once used for war wounds is now evolving as a new ingredient for cosmetics.

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Brazil is experiencing one of the wettest rainy seasons on record. On Brazil's southern coast, five months of rain fell in 15 days. Flooding lead to over a hundred deaths and over 400,000 people ...

The Terra do Meio Ecological Station comprises some 3.37 million hectares in the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará, and is home to hundreds of species – including some that are threatened with extinction ...

A new study led by King's College London simulated the effects of various restoration policies to assess their impact on biodiversity and agricultural production. The simulation study highlights that ...

BRASILIA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police and government agencies to soon launch an operation to expel illegal gold miners who invaded the Yanomami ...

By Manuela Andreoni BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva fought back tears as global ...