Brazil is home to the world’s greatest diversity of amphibians: Of the more than 8,000 species known worldwide, some 1,200 ...

O ff the coast of Brazil, just over 96 kilometers (90 miles) from São Paulo, sits an island that could be considered heaven ...

The institute, which turns 10 this year, has treated more than 13,000 animals. Most are native to Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, including sloths, owls, anteaters, boas, toucans and even pumas.

A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear’s macaw.