Pictures by Nelson Almeida. Video by Florence Goisnard. A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like a scarf, but the 15-year-old Brazilian with autism is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brazilian authorities helped rescue an injured jaguar that was struggling in a river, pulling the big cat to safety.

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 ...

Brazilian archaeologists have discovered a vast number of 2,000-year-old rock carvings that depict human footprints, celestial-body-like figures, and representations of animals, such as deer and wild ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio de Janeiro zoo is giving ice pops to a bear, a jaguar, wolves and monkeys as Brazil swelters. The cold treats are part of the animals’ well-being program, providing thermal ...

Brazil police officials created a makeshift flotation device to help a shot jaguar struggling to swim, driving the big cat to ...

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) won’t make any change to Brazil’s status as a “negligible risk” country for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Also called “mad cow disease,” BSE is ...

A special lecture will take place at Roanoke’s Washington Park on Thursday, taking a deep dive into the park’s rich history. Read full article: The game must go on! Get this game-changing charging ...