The world’s largest agricultural boom is transforming a vast savanna of hidden wonders. Here’s what happens when progress ...

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 ...

They appeared at dusk. The day was ending in a pink-and-yellow sky when a cub moved in the grass. Its mother appeared next, red as the earth, small, slender. Krahô-Kanela is an experienced mom, having ...

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 ...

The new species lives in the Cerrado, home to 5% of all of the planet’s animals and plants, and a region with biodiversity that rivals the Amazon rainforest, also in Brazil, but receives much ...

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 ...

The Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero received a bonded pair of hyacinth macaws for its new Cerrado Aviaries Exhibit opening on Jan. 18, 2025. The bright blue parrots, which are the largest species of ...

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 ...