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A woman in Amazonas State in Brazil has given birth to a two-foot long baby weighing 16lbs, beating the previous state record but coming some way off the world record of 22.5lbs for a newborn.

Changes in temperature and precipitation due to rapid deforestation in the Amazon rainforest could have effects as far away as the Tibetan plateau and Antarctica

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Sonia Guajajara as the nation’s first Indigenous person to head up a ministry.

MONTREAL - The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo tried to dissolve Congress, but lawmakers voted to remove him from office instead, and he is now under arrest.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Scientists warn governments gathering for U.N. biodiversity summit to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs.

Goal to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030 – a headline aim of the COP15 biodiversity summit – could take 80 rather than eight years to achieve, say conservationists

Tens of thousands of people could be without electricity for days after two North Carolina power substations were attacked by vandals, officials say.

Researchers suggested the importance of effective climate actions against major fire threats to global forests. Forest fires could impact biodiversity, forests' health, and humans.