F or thousands of years, plants have evolved in the presence of wildfires in the Cerrado, Brazil's savanna-like biome. Scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) studied the effect of smoke ...

According to the latest MapBiomas survey, the Cerrado has surpassed the Amazon as Brazil's most deforested ... biodiversity with over 10,000 plant species, more than 900 species of birds, and ...

The cerrado makes up a ginormous part of Brazil - 740,100 square miles ... The American ethanol industry's push to plant more corn (instead of soybeans) domestically is linked to the increased ...

Leptophis mystacinus, or the mustache parrot snake, was discovered in the Cerrado, a massive savanna of mixed grasslands, shrublands, rocky outcrops and forests known for its biodiversity, according ...

Riverside forests in Brazil have facilitated continuous tree migration between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests. DNA ...

Covering more than a quarter of Brazil’s land area, the Cerrado is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, and millions of people, including diverse indigenous communities. In 2015, it ...

Cerrado is a vast tropical savanna eco-region of Brazil, particularly in the states ... the bacteria captures the nitrogen and delivers it to the soy plant. This significantly reduces the need ...