RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Globally renowned for its natural beauty, Rio de Janeiro received a new international distinction Tuesday as UNESCO added landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx’s former home to ...

An adventure aboard a floating lodge in early January immersed in the nature and culture of the Amazon River set the bar pretty high for University of Delaware students studying abroad that month in ...

The stunning dune landscape in northern Brazil is called Lençóis Maranhenses—translated as "bedsheets" of Maranhão. From ...

Bats play a crucial role in tropical regions as pollinators, seed dispersers and agricultural pest controllers. But they are exposed to a wide range of threats, pollution among them. Two recent papers ...

Our research on Caiçara ethnoecology in the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, focuses on basket, canoe, and paddle making to understand Caiçara knowledge and ...

QUERENCIA, Brazil -- The paved highway petered out more than 100 miles back, but roadside billboards still sprout across a landscape of interminable green fields -- proclaiming the presence of ...

At the annual ABRAPP (Associação Brasileira das Entidades Fechadas de Previdência Complementar, the organization representing pension fund managers in Brazil) conference, sustainability was one of the ...

Reporting from Betim, Brazil — Most of the shops in the Monte Carmo mall haven’t opened yet, but it’s already full of Brazilian kids. They come in droves, filling its cavernous hallways, giggling, ...