Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in ...

Brazil, which is hosting the 30th U.N. Climate Change Conference this month, wants to show the world it is a leader in safeguarding the planet. Its record tells a more complicated story.

The biodiverse area is home to little-studied mangroves and a coral reef, and activists and experts have said the project risks leaks that could be carried widely by tides and imperil the sensitive ...