A little-known tree from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest may hold a surprising weapon against COVID-19. Researchers discovered that compounds called galloylquinic acids, extracted from its leaves, can attack ...

A Brazilian tree growing deep in the Atlantic Forest produces a compound that, in laboratory testing, matched the antiviral potency of drugs pharmaceutical companies have spent billions developing.

Brazil recorded 407 deaths from the coronavirus in 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic, the Health Ministry said Thursday. The most populous country in Latin America and ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, where rivers are the only highways, the coronavirus pandemic is sharply limiting boat traffic, leaving villages even more cut off from the world than ...

Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earth—or roughly 55,000 unique flora, by some estimates—currently call Brazil their home. The United Nations, in fact, classifies Brazil as the globe’s leading ...