University of Sao Paulo researcher Marcio Martins holds one snake while watching another, a deadly venomous snake living only on Queimada Grande Island, Atlantic ...

The ferry got lost on the way from Angra dos Reis to Ilha Grande. Perhaps it was the relative youth of the wheelman, or perhaps it was the tropical downpour that had melded sea and sky into an ...

An aerial photo taken on June 1, 2024 shows the coastal landscape of Serra da Bocaina National Park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paraty and Ilha Grande is a serial property comprising six ...

Researchers from Rio de Janeiro State University use nearly invisible mist nets and sound recordings to monitor bats on Ilha Grande, in Angra dos Reis, on the state’s southern coast. Their work, which ...

2009 33COM 8B.37 - Cultural properties - New Nominations - Gold Route in Paraty and its landscape (Brazil) The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage ...

'What's the catch?" asked a friend when I told her about Ilha Grande, a majestically beautiful island just off Brazil's Costa Verde. She had a point. Blessed with jungly hills, 106 sandy beaches, blue ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Off the shore of São Paulo lies an island forbidden to visitors, by order of the ...

VILA DO ABRAAO, Brazil — One of the first things visitors will notice about Ilha Grande, or Big Island, is that there are no vehicles. The local government prohibits private cars, maintaining the laid ...