As cleanup projects gradually improve water quality in one of Brazil’s most polluted waterways, early monitoring suggests the ...

Rio de Janeiro offers a teasing journey to a time of national optimism and international acclaim for South American giant, ...

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U.S. News Insider Tip: After visiting the Sugarloaf, unwind at the neighboring picturesque Praia Vermelha beach and then head ... dazzling view of the city, the sea and Rio's tree-covered mountains.

BRASILIA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same ...

Silky sharks, scientifically known as Carcharhinus falciformis, are “long and slender” sharks named for their silky-looking ...

Thousands of flesh-eating piranhas have infested a Brazilian river beach popular with tourists, biting at least 15 unwary swimmers. One of the bathers lost the tip of their toe during a frenzied ...

Classic neighborhoods include Santa Teresa, Rio's artsy enclave of cobblestone streets that is never short on gallery openings. Longtime favorite Estúdio Dezenove, a collective of contemporary ...

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The status of women in Brazil is emblematic of the country’s internal tensions. Brazil is a country where a woman can become president; yet it also has one of the highest rates of femicide—the killing ...

Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension. By Natalia Winkelman In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to ...

according to a new study The viral king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is beginning to lose his youthful down, a process that will give him his distinctive and waterproof adult plumage ...