Rio de Janeiro is called cidade maravilhosa, or the "marvelous city," for a reason. "How is one melancholic in Rio de Janeiro?" asks the Brazilian writer Tatiana Salem Levy.

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has issued a decree to regulate the city’s 30 miles of coastline. Many residents fear it will ...

To enhance existing strategies for controlling the Aedes aegypti mosquito, geoinformation scientist Dr Steffen Knoblauch has created a high-resolution environmental suitability map for Rio de ...

A map showing location of High Point and Rio de Janeiro with air travel direction is also provided. Along with Rio de Janeiro - High Point distance, you can also find current time & time difference ...

Rio de Janeiro City authorities Monday recorded a temperature of 44ºC, the highest on the Rio Alert System files since 2014, and with no rain forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday ...

People in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro can now access public transit directions through Apple Maps, an addition presumably geared towards the 2016 Summer Olympics, which start on August 5.

The 33 Essential Rio de Janeiro Restaurants From wood-fired, eat-with-your-hands fare at a two-Michelin-starred kitchen, to octopus rice and caipirinhas at a trendy boteco, here’s where to eat ...

If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches in Brazil, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the sand.

Environmentalists see preserving the natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay as a way to promote sustainable development centered on ecotourism.

The usually relaxed seaside city of Rio de Janeiro is under a tight security blanket for a two-day G20 summit starting Monday.