The calling animal turned out to be a “remarkable” new species. A team of researchers trekked into the Juruá River basin of northwestern Brazil, “one of the most difficult (to access) and ...

Brazil seized 28.7 tons of shark fins this week from the illegal killing of more than 10,000 sharks, including a species on the country’s endangered list, the government said in a news release ...

SAO PAULO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's geological service on Thursday announced a new species of dinosaur, a speedy animal that lived in the desert during the early Cretaceous period.

Scientists found a “toxic”-skinned creature with “large” hands in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from A. T. Mônico via Koch, Mônico ...

Back to homepage / Live news Snakes as therapy animals: reptiles help heal in Brazil. Sao Paulo (AFP) – A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like ...

In the first half of November, fires fueled by hot weather destroyed nearly 3,000 square miles of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands. Fires in Brazil wetlands threaten jaguars ...

The species, which grew to a max length of around 21 feet (6.5 meters), was first described in 1996 from 115 million-year-old fossils uncovered in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil and ...