For a classic slice of tropical beauty, consider Praia dos Carneiros in Brazil's northeast. With azure waters, white sand and a grove of coconut trees lining the beach, Carneiros makes an idyllic ...

The source of large blots of oil staining more than 130 beaches in northeastern Brazil remained a mystery ... has been removed from the beaches in the northeast. State oil company Petrobras ...

From Rio, you'll have to travel east to take a boat departing ... an under-the-radar coastal town in Brazil famed for scenic beaches. Some 900-odd species call the isle's warm waters home ...

The minister said the leak, which he called “accidental or not,” had been difficult to contain. Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are “very probably ...