MANAUS, Brazil – There is a soccer stadium here in the closest major city to the jungle. Its grandstands are painted the colors of fruits from the Amazon, a Greg Bishop | Jun 12, 2014 ...

MANAUS, Brazil – The 2 million people of this Amazon rainforest metropolis were promised traffic relief. As a World Cup host city, they would have a dedicated rapid bus lane and a state-of-the ...

For a more exotic taste of the jungle, try the lunch buffet at Lenhador (2371 Avenida do Turismo; 011-55-92-9981-7217, olenhador.com.br), where you can feast on alligator (tasty), river stingray ...

What makes Brazil’s new World Cup stadium in the Amazon rainforest is its geography. The rain in a rainforest is relentless. The sun is brutal at the equator. Harsh rays can literally melt the ...

The Brazilian city Manaus, deep in the heart of the world's largest tropical rain forest, is frantically preparing a World Cup soccer stadium. Susan Ormiston reports.

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 22.3% in the 12 months through July, government data showed on Thursday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made good on a pledge to rein in the ...

HUMAITÁ, Brazil — Dorival Costa has no qualms about scorching the earth. The 70-year-old farmer in the Brazilian Amazon has just set fire to 5 acres of rainforest that he will convert into ...

Researchers say the repaved road would trigger an explosion of deforestation in Amazonas state, home to most of Brazil’s best-preserved rainforest state, due to a lack of roads.