Scorpions are "taking over" Brazil's cities, scientists have warned. And with these infestations comes a huge rise in stinging incidents, some of them fatal, and often caused by Brazilian yellow ...
In partnership with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WRI-Brasil, members of the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative and SALURBAL are studying the ways social factors and built environments ...
OIAPOQUE, Brazil -- On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend's wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista ...
Eat mangoes straight from the tree, shop one-of-a-kind art, and see iconic Modernist architecture in Brasília. One of the largest urban parks in the Western Hemisphere, Parque da Cidade Sarah ...
A capybara grazes as a yellow bird perches on its back — a common sight in Brazilian ecosystems, now increasingly visible in urban areas. (Guilherme Willrich via Courthouse News) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — ...
Salvador, the Afro-Brazilian heartland, is a hub of music, food and tradition. São Marcelo Fort, at center, a 17th-century fortress, sits in the old port of Salvador, Brazil. At right is the Mercado ...
(Bloomberg) -- Just a few hundred feet from the Amazon River delta, Ivan Ferreira is converting used shipping containers into hotel rooms ahead of the world’s biggest climate conference. His metal ...