Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: This river in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state has one of the world’s highest concentrations of microplastic pollution, according ...

Gold rush fuels Amazon deforestation and mercury poisoning in Brazil’s protected areas - Gold prices have surged in recent ...

A recent study adds to growing literature showing that Indigenous lands and conservation units are much more effective at regulating climate than multiuse areas. The authors found that Indigenous ...

The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, accelerating ...

A recent surge in gold prices has triggered an illegal mining rush in Brazil's Amazon, resulting in severe deforestation and ...

A new study estimates that the deaths of nearly 50,000 people in Brazil in recent decades could be attributed to the occurrence of heat waves, and it points out that these extreme events have become ...

Brazil nuts are an especially nutrient-rich source of food: They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts are characterized ...

Pancreatic cancer has recently been included in the list of diseases about which Brazil's National Cancer Institute (INCA) periodically publishes statistics. Although it is not the most frequent type ...

SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Soybean seed piracy in Brazil generates losses of 10 billion reais ($1.76 billion) per year in the country, according to a study by CropLife Brasil and agribusiness ...