Nestled high above the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Gimmelwald is a quiet farming village that captures the essence of Swiss mountain life. Surrounded by the majestic Jungfrau range, its traditional chalets ...

As Brazil prepares to host COP30, residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas are mobilizing to make sure the voices of the world's informal settlements aren't left out of global climate talks.

A rocky stretch of the Tocantins River stands in the way of expanding agribusiness, so Brazil wants to blast it. Locals ...

During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.

Battle over oil project that has raised hopes and concern looms large as COP30, the annual UN climate conference, begins in ...

Rubber tapper Manoel Magno, 71, walks through the jungle surrounding his house on the river island of Cotijuba in the Amazon, ...

A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The ...

On the balmy shores of Bahia, surfers have become obsessed with Itacare, one of the world's best new beach getaways.

As a fashion model and long-reigning Victoria’s Secret Angel, Erechim, Brazil–born Alessandra Ambrosio has traveled the globe ...

Decades of neglect turned out to be a blessing for the town of Paraty, and its unspoiled colonial buildings are now the ...

Brazil plans to blast rocky rapids on the Tocantins River to carve a shipping lane for soy and corn barges, a move that could ...

Among the many voices that recently, through song, greeted the medieval Rmanj Monastery in Martin Brod near Drvar and warmed the hearts of those present, the voice of Brazilian Maira stood out. She ...