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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Almost half of Brazil’s Cerrado savanna has been deforested, and restoration proposals now center largely on planting trees in the degraded areas. However, as a grassland, and not a degraded forest, ...

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 ...

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 ...