Brazil
A Look Into Brazil’s Makeover of Rio’s Slums
The Brazilian government’s bold efforts to clean up the city’s notoriously dangerous favelas is giving hope to people who live there
January 2013 |
By Joshua Hammer
Reinventing Rio
The dazzling but tarnished Brazilian city gets a makeover as it prepares for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games
September 2010 |
By Alan Riding
Rio’s Music is Alive and Well
Brazil’s music scene may be known for beats such as bossa nova, but newer sounds are making waves on the streets of Rio
August 18, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
Photo Find
With a rolleiflex camera, a pioneering botanist documented his fieldwork—and created art
August 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Up in Smoke
Amazon research that has withstood thieves and arsonists now faces its greatest challenge
January 28, 2008 |
By Jess Blumberg
An Illuminated View of Iguazu Falls
A series of 200 separate waterfalls, Iguazu is best viewed when the river is high and the moon is full
January 2008 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest
With an ecosystem under siege, every moment in this wild wonderland is one to savor
January 2008 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Rain Forest Rebel
In the Amazon, researchers documenting the ways of native peoples join forces with an embattled chief to stop illegal loggers and developers from destroying the earth's most precious wilderness
March 2007 |
By Joshua Hammer
Out of Time
Less than a decade after their first contact with the outside world, the volatile Korubo of the Amazon still live in almost total isolation. Their fiercest champion, Indian tracker Sydney Possuelo, is trying to keep their world intact. But how long can he, and they, hold out?
April 2005 |
By Paul Raffaele
Saving the Music Tree
Artists and instrument makers have banded together to rescue Brazil's imperiled pernambuco, the source of bows for violins, violas and cellos
April 2004 |
By Russ Rymer
Otterly Fascinating
Inquisitive, formidable and endangered, giant otters are luring tourists by the thousands to Brazil's unspoiled, biodiverse waterscape
November 2002 |
By Derek Grzelewski
Tasty Brazil Nuts Stun Harvesters and Scientists
A Smithsonian biologist tracks the protein-rich nuts to understand their role in the Amazonian forest
April 1999 |
By David Taylor
