Fires in the Amazon rainforest, during the summer months, aren't new. But this year, it's the worst on record. While Brazil's government has called warnings about the fires "sensationalist" and ...

The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before converting forested land ...

Archaeologists uncovered the remains of an 18th-century Portuguese colonial city hidden beneath the dense vegetation of the Amazon rainforest ... was present on some maps before disappearing ...