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Cup Island trash

Not many fish are left to bite in Rio’s trash-lined bay

Environment

Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay has become so polluted that catching fish is all but impossible.

Gleide Guimarães

The bigger problems behind Brazil’s recent disease outbreaks

Environment
Antonia Melo

Brazil’s huge dam is built, but these women won’t stop fighting

Environment
Melting Men

This Brazilian artist’s work doesn’t last, it melts. And that’s her point.

Arts
The basic problem facing endangered species? Too many humans.

Could the Pill save the polar bear?

Environment
Elaine Marques, 29 (center left) smiles at Germana Soares, 24, at a group birthday party for babies born with microcephaly in Recife, Brazil.

How Brazil’s favorite app is helping doctors and parents cope with microcephaly

Health

Parents of children with microcephaly in Brazil are now finding each other via the social media platform WhatsApp. Brazilians doctors and scientists also credit the platform for helping them quickly understand the scope of the burgeoning epidemic of birth defects.

Margareth Capurro

These mosquitoes could be a weapon against Zika

Science

The mosquito that carries the Zika virus also carries dengue and other deadly diseases. So research into how to kill or alter the mosquito population is crucial in Brazil.

Brazil Zika and Olympic budget comparison chart

The budget for the Rio Olympics is 16 times higher than the budget to combat the Zika virus

Health

The Olympics could end up costing even more if the budget overrun hits 179 percent — the average cost overrun of the past 17 Olympic games.