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Often called the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal region of southwestern Brazil (and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay) is one of the best places in South America to view wildlife. Eighty ...

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 ...

When federal police arrested Johann Zillingher in his Copacabana hotel room, the Austrian biologist was preparing to smuggle his precious cargo out of the country on a flight to Europe. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian researchers are turning to cloning to help fight the perilous decline of several animal species. The scientists at Brazil's Embrapa agriculture research agency said this ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian researchers are turning to cloning to help fight the perilous decline of several animal species. The scientists at Brazil’s Embrapa agriculture research agency said ...

Brazil’s Federal Police have conducted operations in conjunction with Interpol to seize hundreds of illegally owned animals, a reminder of the scale of animal trafficking in the country. Last week, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Although not always very wide, roads can be huge barriers to wildlife. Not only do roads break up habitats, making animal movement more difficult, ...