Key Takeaways Brazil isTravel + Leisure's top destination for 2026, but retirees can skip the tourist crowds.These six lesser-known towns offer the same natural beauty at a fraction of big-city costs.

If you saw a vulture calmly walking beside a man, hopping onto his arm, and hanging around like a loyal pet, you’d assume it ...

Bumblebee catfish can climb vertical waterfalls as they make their way upstream to spawn in the Paraguay River basin in ...

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban ...

Specialized whale-bone harpoons from southern Brazil dating back 5,000 years suggest that Indigenous groups in the area were ...

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

The Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the world’s largest, was designed to channel water from the Xingu River in a way that would avoid the need for ...

Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one pesticide that could cause ...

Join us for an in-depth conversation on the trending breed, Brazilian Bulls, a type of bully breed known for their strength and loyalty, similar to bulldogs and bandogs. In this documentary, we will ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

Mating calls and rituals can be intercepted, or drowned out, by invasive species. Scientists are just starting to understand ...