Brazil, a vast country that stretches across South America, is full of hidden wonders that even many geography buffs may not know. In this video, we uncover 10 surprising facts about Brazil’s ...

Today, the Amazon’s roughly 100 private industrial river ports are an essential and integral part of the fastest-growing infrastructure corridors in Brazil — moving commodities cheaply and ...

The newly discovered Amazon River reef is under yet another big threat. Up to 125 portions of the river substrate were acquired by the petroleum industry for exploratory drilling in 2013.

If the natural pulse of the rivers is significantly altered, life in the Amazon is disrupted and the system as a whole is imperilled” explains Juan Carlos Riveros, Leading Scientist for WWF’s Living ...

An area the size of Israel was deforested in the Amazon biome last year as destruction surged 21% in the region spanning nine countries that is home to the world's largest rainforest, according to ...

Biomes are large natural areas that have their own characteristics. Scientists classify them by their climate, animal life, vegetation, and landscape. Learn more about biomes. Science Trek is ...

Amazon biome hurtles toward death spiral as deforestation jumps in 2020. ... An aerial view shows a river and a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 14, ...

Amazon Conservation's first look at deforestation in the full year of 2020 shows that roughly 21,000 square kilometers (8,108 square miles) of old-growth forest was cut or burned down, about the ...