Whenever Wagner Fischer drives, he notices the roadkill. As a graduate student in the 1990s, Fischer, now a biologist with the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, traveled through Brazil’s ...

BRASILIA, May 2 (Reuters) - Poaching and trafficking in wild animals such as monkeys and parrots is reaching critical proportions in Brazil, home of more animal species than any other country, a ...

The destruction of the world's largest tropical wetland may endanger biodiversity and cut off vital resources for wildlife and people. A jaguar mother and her cub sit under charred vegetation of ...

Red macaws are among some of the more sought after species in Brazil's illegal wildlife trade A spate of recent operations targeting wildlife trafficking rings in Brazil have highlighted the extent to ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian animal breeders may be over-using antibiotics, a new report by the World Animal Protection charity said on Thursday, citing findings from water tests done in ...

BRAZIL (WNCT) — More than 2,000 wildfires have ravaged Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, this month, taking an incalculable toll on wildlife, as dramatically illustrated by video from ...

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 ...

This press release is available in Spanish and Portuguese. In the auspicious Year of the Snake, BioMed Central, the open access publisher, is pleased to announce that the Journal of Venomous Animals ...

Brazil is set to become the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of pork in 2025, surpassing Canada.The projection comes from the ...