A machete is typically an instrument for clearing dense brush or, in a certain kind of movie, for fending off a terrifying ...

In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of ...

Suzano, the world's largest pulp supplier, has connected 214,368 hectares of native forest in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Amazon biomes in Brazil by establishing ecological corridors, restoring ...

Alexandre de Santi is Mongabay’s managing editor for Brazil, where he leads coverage of the Amazon and other national environmental issues. His career spans more than two decades, from founding the ...

New research shows that forest connecting different types of habitats may help frogs fight a deadly amphibian fungus ...

A new study finds that even protected areas of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest can no longer sustain viable jaguar populations due to severe declines in key prey species from illegal hunting and human access ...