Until just recently the science world knew little of the giant armadillo, the largest of the armadillo species living in South America.

A study by University of São Paulo researchers shows that airports in Brazil do not have proper signage in English, and tourists who don’t know Portuguese will have a hard time navigating their way through the airports.

Although Brazil’s soybean production reached record levels this year, port congestions are impeding exports of soybean as producers fear losing international markets.

The world’s major international wildlife conference approved a proposal to regulate international trade of sharks in a historic move as the conference wrapped up in Bangkok last week.

There are a number of carnivals in Brazil each year, and the one in Rio de Janeiro is the world’s largest.

The startling images of an uncontacted Brazilian tribe taken from a plane a few years ago had many people captivated.