SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil on Monday declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country's first ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild ...

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...

This is a great step forward! Animal activists around the world are celebrating the recent ban on animal testing in Brazil, which sat stagnant in the Senate for nearly a decade. The Brazilian Senate ...

A Brazilian animal rescue organization has been helping evacuate numerous animals during the devastating floods that swept through the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Footage posted on May 6 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’ve all heard that dogs are a man’s best friend, but our canine companions don’t make up the entirety of humankind’s friend circle. Humans have cooperated with wild animals throughout our ...