Brazil has registered 28 lightning-related deaths so far in 2008. This is an increase of 64% from last year. picked by punthe 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 2 years ago

Brazil has agreed emergency measures to stem deforestation as government figures revealed a sharp increase in the rate of clearances in the Amazon.

It's about time picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

Where is this college? Saudi Arabia? Alabama? Amish Country? No, Brazil. Brazil, a country famous for his scantly clad citizens seems to be more prudish when it comes to universities. Sadly, they didn't suspend the students who heckled the young lady, although the school reversed its suspension. picked by bernardblack 2 weeks 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 2 years ago

An ancient fossil crocodile coated in armadillo-like body armor was unveiled yesterday at an environmental museum in Brazil.

Dubbed Armadillosuchus arrudai, the newly described species of crocodile roamed the arid interior of Brazil about 90 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, scientists said. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Brazil has inaugurated its first uranium enrichment facility to produce the type of fuel for nuclear power plants that Iran is running into trouble for attempting to produce... Brazil has managed to assure the international community its intentions are industrial and commercial, not military... picked by bingo 7 months ago

Setting up shop in Brazil is so much cheaper so lets take $1B of taxpayers money and spend it in Brazil helping their economy and allowing fewer Americans to be employed. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

Brazil has begun building over 7 miles of 3 meter high concrete walls around the hillside slums in the south of Rio de Janeiro. The official statements propose the reason is to protect the surrounding rainforest from further encroachment. Critics protest it is a discriminatory division meant to entrap and separate the poor from the rich. video picked by equinox 8 months ago

Using both reforestation and reductions in deforestation, Brazil aims to cut their net deforestation to 0 by the year 2015.

Update/related to this. picked by Marli 12 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 3 years ago

Funny advertisements making fun of Brazil and Argentina.... picked by 86Apex 3 years ago

TO save the planet we must all make sacrifices, so goes the media message. In Brazil, locals are being encouraged to urinate in the shower and thereby give Gaia a 2-4-1 deal on water saving. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

In blink of an eye, Rio teen is a star.
Mayara Tavares is 16, an accomplished activist from the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and now she has set tongues wagging globally.
Tavares inherited a passion for community action and social movements, and has long been active in her community, fighting for children and adolescent rights. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, which compared it with samples of the A(H1N1) swine flu from California.

Uh oh. picked by JoshSF49 5 months ago

Species threatened with extinction clinging to survival in an area barely the size of Manhatten. picked by Ziaphra 3 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

A woman from Brazil and a man from France can claim to own the best bottoms on the planet after winning a derriere competition in Paris. Video picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 1 year ago