Amazon Tribes Are Excited to Use Drones to Detect Illegal Deforestation in Brazilian Rainforest
Helping to guard their forest home, Brazilian Amazonian tribes are being trained to use drones to gather evidence for illegal logging cases.
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Geologist Finds Rare Formation Inside Rock That Looks Exactly Like Cookie Monster on Sesame Street - LOOK
Geologists have found a rare formation inside a rock that looks just like the Cookie Monster character from Sesame Street.
Because Amazon Tribes Were Trusted, A True River Monster Was Saved
Giving local communities the right to manage the giant arapaima fish has saved one of the largest river monsters.
In World First, Top Beef Supplier Approves Methane-Busting Feed Additive That Reduces Gas by 55%
Bovaer was approved as a feed additive for dairy and beef cows, as well as sheep, to reduce methane gases in Brazil and Chile.
If Left to Regrow, Brazil's Atlantic Forest Could Recover Faster and Store More Carbon Cheaper Than Tree Planting
Instead of mass tree planting, natural regeneration could save brazil's Atlantic Forest, store more carbon, and cost $90 billion less.
A Poet Wore Plastic Bags On the Street Until Kind Stranger Hears His Dream
He lived on a San Paulo street corner for 18 years, with black plastic bags wrapped around him and long tangled hair and beard hiding his face. This 75-year-old man could be seen every day, hunched over writing. Though homeless for 34 years, Raimundo was well-read and in April 2011, he was befriended by a young woman who was impressed by his poetry. She wanted to help him realize his dream of publishing a book, but neither could have guessed what happened when someone from the past saw the Facebook post.
30 Gifts for 30 Strangers: A Thank You to Australia
Lucas Jatoba was a Brazilian searching for a way to celebrate his 30th birthday. Since moving to Australia he has fallen in love with the people. So he decided to give 30 present to 30 strangers in Sydney and his friends made a video.
Brazil Opens Latin America's First Sanctuary for Abused Circus Elephants
Over 50 rescued circus elephants will be relocated to a beautiful plot of land for a happy, healthy, and relaxing retirement.
These Teens Developed a Seed That Can Cleanse Polluted Water
Look at the magical filtering seed that won them the Google Science Fair Award.
Prisoners Can Reduce Jail Time by Helping Street Dogs
Since the imprisoned handymen have been put to work on the little wooden houses, over 50 stray dogs have already been given shelter from the weather.
College Freshman "Prank" Collects Over 2 Tons of Food in Brazil
Being pranked on the first day of college in Brazil is expected by incoming freshman, but one school has turned the ritual into a force for good...
Homeless Man Offers Money to Pay Student's Bus Fare, Warming Hearts
A college student was ready to catch the bus to go home at night-until she realized she couldn't go anywhere, and a homeless man stepped in to help.
Jewish and Arab Children Stir Up Peace With Friendly Soccer Game
These kids from opposing communities became friendly competitors during a peace-driven soccer game organized in Brazil.
Girl Brings Literacy to Her Impoverished Village By Opening Library of Her Own
The average poor Brazilian family can only afford to read 2 books a year – that's why Maria Clara supported her village by opening up a library of her own.
Delta Airlines Rescues Stranded Nigerian Olympic Team Free of Charge
This soccer team had spent months training for the big match only to find themselves stranded the night before the event – that's when Delta stepped in.
Brazil Rights a Wrong, Devotes Military Plane to Organ Transplants
After public outcry following a media investigation, Brazil's interim President instructed the Air Force to provide a plane exclusively for transporting organs.
Celebrity Chefs To Use Olympic Leftovers To Feed The Hungry
A pair of celebrity chefs have set up a soup kitchen that will turn 12 tons of unused food from the Rio Olympics into 100 meals a day during the games.
Parrot Considered Extinct in the Wild Appears on Video in Brazil
A Spix's Macaw, the bird that inspired the character in the movie Rio, has reappeared in Brazil 15 years after it was thought to be extinct in the wild.
Brazil's New Zika Strategy: Billboards Smell Like Humans to Attract and Kill Mosquitoes
These billboards in Brazil are designed to smell like people, luring virus-carrying mosquitos from more than a mile away into traps.
Brazilian Ballet School For The Blind Is Only One of its Kind (WATCH)
The struggles for any dancer are jaw-dropping–especially if you're blind. A new film tells the amazing tale of a Brazilian ballet school that makes it easier.
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