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Federal environmental civil servants mobilize to reelect Lula, warning the public about environmental risks if the Bolsonaro clan returns to power. Image courtesy of Ascema Nacional.

Environmental officials fear new wave of harassment if Flavio Bolsonaro wins in Brazil

Karla Mendes 23 Oct 2026
Annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-2026, according to INPE.

What if Flávio Bolsonaro wins? High stakes for the environment in Brazil’s 2026 elections (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 23 Oct 2026
Women from the Missão Tiriyó village in the Tumucumaque Park Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of the Iepé Institute archive.

Two Indigenous Brazilians denied their language interpreter at election voting booth

Shanna Hanbury 23 Oct 2026

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado savanna at lowest rate ever recorded

Shanna Hanbury 22 Oct 2026

‘Stay alive’: Brazil’s Indigenous people mobilize to vote for Lula to protect their rights

Karla Mendes 20 Oct 2026
Minister of Indigenous Peoples Eloy Terena is celebrated after being sworn as minister in March 2026. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI).

Brazil election puts unprecedented Indigenous ministry at risk if Flávio Bolsonaro wins

Karla Mendes 20 Oct 2026

Anatomy of a land grab: the law, likes, and legislator behind an Indigenous land invasion in Brazil

Aimee Gabay, Elisângela Mendonça 19 Oct 2026
Seasonally flooded Igapó forest near Manaus, Brazil. Image courtesy of Alexey Yakovlev via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

A Belgium-sized area of Amazon wetland has been converted, and losses are climbing

Shanna Hanbury 19 Oct 2026
Hoatzin in the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2026
Adriana Hora dos Santos harvests oysters from a mangrove forest near Areia Branca, a former traditional village that is now a neighborhood of Aracaju. Photo by André Cherri / V.U.E.L.A.

‘Enclosed river:’ Women shellfish gatherers fight for access to mangroves in Brazil

Carolina de Marchi 16 Oct 2026
Some species of Amazon turtles, such as the yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), are part of the diet of many Amazon people.

Researchers uncover hidden routes and patterns of Amazon wildlife trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Oct 2026
Lionfish captured off the coast of Porto Seguro in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil. Image courtesy of Lecomar/UFSB.

Invasive lionfish reach Brazil’s largest coral reefs. Local fishers fight back

Mongabay.com 14 Oct 2026
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro

Governors allied with Flávio Bolsonaro set to lead majority of Brazilian Amazon states

Mongabay.com 13 Oct 2026

Damming the Xingu

12 Oct 2026

Brazilian ranchers block government officials from demarcating Indigenous land

Aimee Gabay 9 Oct 2026
Angelshark, commonly called peixe anjo in Brazil, (“angel fish” in Portuguese), continues to be sold at stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market. Image courtesy of Alex Rocha/PMPA.

Endangered angelshark is still traded in Brazil despite import ban

Fernanda Wenzel 8 Oct 2026

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Associated Press 6 Oct 2026

Far-right election results in Brazil ‘bleak’ for Indigenous peoples, says Indigenous leader

Shanna Hanbury 6 Oct 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro campaigns in Bélem, Pará, in September 2026. Image courtesy of Vittor Sales.

Brazil far-right presidential candidate wins most votes in deforestation hotspots

Shanna Hanbury 5 Oct 2026

Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election

Associated Press 2 Oct 2026
A black-faced lion tamarin photographed during the yellow fever vaccination project conducted by SPVS. Image by Gabriel Marchi.

A first in Brazil: Black-faced lion tamarins vaccinated

Euan Marshall 1 Oct 2026
Wind farm complex in Gentio do Ouro, a municipality in Bahia that could soon host dozens of data centers brought in by renewable energy companies. Image by Thomas Bauer/Intercept Brasil and Mongabay.

Renewable energy companies fuel Brazilian data center boom, investigation finds

Mongabay.com 1 Oct 2026
Two Spix’s macaws

Vantara in talks with Brazil on ‘strategic cooperation’ on threatened species, FOIA documents reveal

Fernanda Wenzel, Spoorthy Raman 1 Oct 2026

In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Constance Malleret 30 Sep 2026
Deep-sea creature thumbnail

New deep-sea creatures unlocked!

Naina Rao 28 Sep 2026
Brazil is considered the richest country in biodiversity in the world

Undiscovered Amazon drugs could be valued at $215 billion, analysis finds

Rafael Spuldar 28 Sep 2026
Tiger cat released with satellite collar in Mirador State Park. Courtesy of Tadeu de Oliveira.

A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2026
Orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica).

Brazil’s tropical forest fund races to raise $2.7 billion before deadline

Carla Ruas 24 Sep 2026

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Mongabay 23 Sep 2026
The paving of the BR-319 highway would open the Amazon to further deforestation, affecting Brazil's rain cycle and endangering Indigenous communities. Image courtesy of the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

Brazil creates four Amazon reserves as plans to pave rainforest highway advance

Shanna Hanbury 22 Sep 2026

Tight Brazil election challenges fragile gains for Amazon conservation

Fernanda Wenzel, Karla Mendes, Lucas Berti 21 Sep 2026
Pirarucu fish on a boat on the Jurua River. Image courtesy of Joao Campos-Silva.

Community-based conservation is a good climate investment in Brazil & beyond (commentary)

Ana Cristina Barros, Carlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle, Katia Ribeiro Torres 17 Sep 2026

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