Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation. Brightly colored ...

After a two week expedition off the coast of Brazil, an international team of researchers discovered 31 new marine species, ...

A growing interest among wildlife traffickers’ interest in golden lion tamarins threatens one of Brazil’s iconic endangered animals. Seizures in Togo, Suriname and in the Brazilian Amazon reveal ...

SAO PAULO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The Brazilian animal feed industry will produce slightly less than expected in 2025 after a case of bird flu in the country affected chicken exports and curtailed demand ...

Between 2018 and 2020, users of Facebook groups in Brazil shared more than 2,000 records of wildlife poaching, amounting to 4,658 dead animals: everything from pacas and armadillos to capybaras and ...

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about. The arachnids—feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails—are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.

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