Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and ...

Brachycephalus dacnis, or the Dacnis miniature flea-toad, is just 0.3 inches long, according to the study, and is “one of the ...

The Bahia Emerald, a minifridge-sized mass of black schist and green crystals, might be worth $1 billion. Brazil wants it ...

Giant otters are an endangered species that were nearly wiped out by poachers because the demand for their fur was so high. The banning of fur trade in Brazil meant that their numbers were able to ...

More: 'Giant River Otter!': So many more sights to see on safari to the Pantanal in Brazil By now the sun was high, and we experienced the relentless heat of the Pantanal. Then we spotted a family of ...

Giant otters in the Pantanal work together to fend ... Conservationists are working in parts of Brazil and other areas within the jaguar’s range to build up tourism as a way to make the cats ...

Set amid 40 acres of woodlands, the Roger Williams Park Zoo is the third oldest zoo in the U.S. Visitors can see more than 100 animal species including a Komodo dragon, red pandas, snow leopards, ...

Pantanal, Brazil: Join a horseback safari in one of ... allowing them to keep their eyes peeled for jaguars, giant anteaters, giant otters, tapir, maned wolves and hundreds of bird species of ...

There’s every chance even those on a two- or three-day visit will spot jaguar, anteater, giant otter, tapir and perhaps the shy maned wolf – Brazil’s Big Five, if you like. But the magic of ...

One of these explorers is Mr Angelo Bernardino, a Brazilian marine ecologist who led a team to ... over-exploited freshwater ...

Bolivia’s newest protected area, Gran Manupare Integrated Management Natural Area, sprawls across an area a tenth the size of ...