Single, colorful bird looking for love. The last known wild macaw in Rio de Janeiro is so lonely she’s looking for love at the city’s zoo. For the last two decades a wild blue-and-yellow macaw has ...

A plan to create a new mathematics campus with student accommodation in Rio de Janeiro is being challenged by residents as it calls for the removal of 255 trees in a patch of the already severely ...

Illegal and unplanned settlements will grow in cities everywhere as urbanization accelerates. Digital technology can help residents connect to services they need. Finding your way through Rocinha in ...

A police raid in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro killed 27 Brazilians, prompting a demand from Brazil’s Supreme Court and U.N. human rights officials for an investigation into the use of ...

An earlier version of this story misspelled Bruno Sousa's name. This has been corrected. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – At least 25 people have been killed after hundreds of heavily armed police stormed ...

A cross between a dive bar and a greasy spoon, Rio de Janeiro’s beloved (and proudly filthy) hole-in-the wall joints are some of the most democratic spaces in a deeply unequal city. Samba has returned ...