Brazil has registered 28 lightning-related deaths so far in 2008. This is an increase of 64% from last year. picked by punthe 6 months ago

Scientists revealed a replica of a dinosaur skeleton found in Brazil. It is the biggest dinosaur yet described however they have not been able to put the bones together for scientific descriptions. picked by Arrch8 2 years ago

A fossil of a new marine crocodile species found in Brazil shows the reptiles survived the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A 16-year-old boy has admitted to the murders of 12 people in southern Brazil, according to a police investigator who described a chillingly calm confession. picked by DemureArt 5 months ago

Funny advertisements making fun of Brazil and Argentina.... picked by 86Apex 1 year ago

Brazil's public health care system will cover the cost of sex-change operations, the government said, after a federal court ruled the procedure was a constitutional right. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Twice a year, between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river, in Brazil, generating the longest wave on the Earth. The phenomenon, known as the Pororoca, is caused by the tides of the Atlantic Ocean wich meet the mouth of the river. This tidal bore generates waves up to 12 feet high which can last for over half an hour. picked by ubikuor 1 year ago

Is this vicious South American cryptid just a legend, or are sighting actually of a surviving giant ground sloth? picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Species threatened with extinction clinging to survival in an area barely the size of Manhatten. picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

A Brazilian passenger jet crashed and burst into flames at a Sao Paolo airport on Tuesday, leaving as many as 200 people feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster. picked by sholom22 1 year ago

Paintings by Paolo Picasso and Candido Portinari, the most valuable pieces in the Sao Paolo Museum of Art collection, were thieved. These paintings had not gone to auction therefore it was difficult to estimate their value. picked by KateHadson 8 months ago

Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Did I mention Extreme? These guys are amazing. If we ever decide disputes by football/soccer, Brazil will be The World Power. Dupe from here picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Rescuers in Brazil have reached a cluster of brightly coloured party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast but failed to find the Roman Catholic priest who was using them in a bid to set a flight record. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

You heard about the first one here.. Now, another one. picked by deepchill 5 months ago

An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday. picked by melgesevad 10 months ago

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Officials in northeastern Brazil say they confiscated the equivalent of more than $170,000 and two pistols from an imprisoned drug trafficker whose jail cell was equipped with a plasma TV set, a refrigerator and gym equipment. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

Brazilian police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from the country's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

From the epic novel, Brazil, here's an excerpt. Brazil is the heart wrenching story of a Brazilian child torn from his mother and sold into a lifetime of slavery on a Sao Paulo coffee plantation. picked by amador 2 years ago

This is just a single image along with some background info, but I felt it is powerful enough and news worthy enough to warrant it's own posting. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago