At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining everything ...

Under Brazil's Amazon rainforest canopy, hundreds of transparent plastic panels hang between tree trunks to starve a hectare of land of half the water it normally receives. Scientists are creating ...

In northeastern Brazil, there is a tree so vast that visitors often mistake it for an entire grove. The paths wind beneath its canopy, multiple trunks rise from the ground, and sunlight filters ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, the distinctive candelabra shapes of Araucaria trees (Araucaria angustifolia) have defined landscapes at the southern edge of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Humans have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While it's true that a couple in Brazil planted more than 2 million trees over a 20-year period, they reportedly received help ...

A type of holly tree in Brazil that was believed to be extinct was rediscovered after 186 years. An organization called Re:wild said it was one of their "top 25 most wanted lost species." The ...

By Shanna Hanbury More than 50 years ago, the ariel toucan was reintroduced to Tijuca National Park, the world’s largest ...

Golden lion tamarins sit on a branch Friday as students plant tree seedlings that will form an ecological corridor for the monkeys in the rural interior of Rio de Janeiro, Silva Jardim, Brazil. RIO DE ...