For over a hundred years, the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was thought to have vanished from Brazil’s coastal ...

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Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

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Do you know what amphibian has the largest eggs? Read this article to find out that and more about the horned marsupial frog.

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The world’s largest agricultural boom is transforming a vast savanna of hidden wonders. Here’s what happens when progress ...

The plight of monarch butterflies has long been documented. Unfortunately, the news isn’t getting better, but there are slivers of hope, thanks to the butterflies themselves. The number of monarch ...

Valdivia, Chile, has become the first Latin American city to be designated as a Wetland City by the Ramsar Convention.

Considering the level of paramilitary presence in rural Colombia over the past 50 years, it's an incredible achievement.

In the interconnected web of nature, small disruptions can yield outsized consequences. One such example comes from Central ...

Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a new species of screech owl, dubbed the Xingu screech owl, was discovered by ...