Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and ...

When created in 2006, the Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area in the Brazilian Amazon was supposed to preserve the ...

Hypenia macrantha flowers in Brazil employ explosive pollen catapults Pollen blasts knock rival pollen off hummingbird beaks ...

Latin America’s animal populations have fallen drastically over the past 50 years. Will recapturing trafficked animals be ...

The mystery reptile is an Argentine black and white tegu lizard — an omnivorous invasive species native to Brazil, Uruguay, ...

Parkatêjê armored catfish can reach just under 3 inches in length, the study said. They have “body plates” along their backs ...