When Aécio Luiz was younger, finding wild beehives was routine in his rural Afro-Brazilian community of Córrego Narciso. A ...

Scientists are uncovering why Brazil may be one of the most important yet underused resources for studying extreme longevity.

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Animal feed companies have exited one a crucial conservation agreement, the Amazon Soy Moratorium, paving the way for ...

Now a team of Brazilian scientists has put that tradition through a modern stress test: standardized extracts, controlled ...

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When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

Learn why Alabama chose the black bear as state mammal and how conservation is guiding this shy forest neighbor’s return.

Volunteers have reached another milestone in their effort to re-establish native plants and animal species at the Presidio of San Francisco. On an early, chilly morning last weekend, about 100 ...

Drones have photographed lemon sharks feeding on invasive jaguar cichlids in Sueste Bay, part of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago off the north-east coast of Brazil. It is thought to be the first ...

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