Barra da Tijuca, which includes an expansive 11-mile stretch of coastline and adjacent shopping center, is a neighborhood known as "Barra" and is popular among Cariocas. Recent travelers say its beach ...

Rio de Janeiro is home to the sprawling Tijuca forest (Credit: Alamy) After the forest was decimated by colonial plantations, an ambitious rewilding programme is now aiming to ensure the survival of ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: After a day of hiking, head over to Os Esquilos ("The Squirrels"), the national park's only restaurant. Visit between May and October when Rio's temperatures drop to enjoy ...

From the top of Rio de Janeiro's towering mountain of Corcovado, at the feet of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, the high rise urban centers neatly tucked along the shoreline are dwarfed by the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Aldison Almeida’s ancestry is strongly connected to the preservation of ...

Just after their cage is opened, four hesitant howler monkeys take their first steps inside Tijuca National Park, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. Soon they are feeling confident enough to climb trees ...

In the middle of Rio de Janeiro sits the world’s largest urban rainforest: Tijuca National park. To combat a century of deforestation and hunting, a team of researchers are repairing the forest’s ...

Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park has become a laboratory for the reintroduction of locally extinct species. A study shows that, of the 33 species of large and medium-sized mammals that used to ...

Is there anywhere with a better vibe than Rio De Janeiro? Do yourself a favour: Pour a coconut rum (but hold the rum if you ain't carrying I.D, kid), put Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66's Mas Que Nada on ...

Tijuca National Park, How can there be a forest, a rainforest even, in the middle of one of the world’s largest cities? Rio’s Tijuca National Park is just such an urban forest, and got there by ...

After the forest was decimated by colonial plantations, an ambitious rewilding programme is now aiming to ensure the survival of Rio de Janeiro's ancient rainforest. One minute I'm choked by fumes ...