Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

Rubem Valentim (1922-1991), in particular, is a "wonderful discovery", his "ultra-sharp geometric paintings and gleaming ...

In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, according to the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses.

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Northern Portugal’s Douro Valley is home to a wide range of cultural experiences — whether it’s hiking through pine forests, ...

Northern Portugal’s Douro Valley is home to a wide range of cultural experiences — whether it’s hiking through pine forests, ...

Portugal, located on the Iberian Peninsula, is a country rich in history, culture, and natural beauty. From the dramatic ...

and Lorient in Brittany, with its distinctly Celtic twist. Next up, departing on March 21, is the chance to savour the azure seas on the Springtime Azores, Madeira and North Africa cruise. This ...

Special report: The Azores, the setting for the emergency 11th-hour summit between US president George Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish premier Jose Maria Aznar, are heavily laden with ...

In Alto Mayo, a forest in Peru, there's more than meets the eye. Conservation International's recent survey of Alto Mayo, which is part of the Amazon, exceeded expectations, with findings that change ...

Many of the tales surrounding the events of 2001 in São Miguel, the largest of the Portuguese-owned Azores islands, have taken on fantastical twists – perhaps this one too. Another man told me ...

Yael Malka for The New York Times Supported by By Laurel Graeber The children seem like typical kindergartners: Some beam at the camera; some glance coyly aside; others appear lost in reverie.