Scientists recently described a striking new species of freshwater fish in the Brazilian Amazon called 'Laimosemion laranja.' ...

These include trees, shrubs, and small plants, which are classified into four categories – vulnerable, endangered, critically ...

A traditional food source for Amazonian communities, freshwater turtles have been included in Brazil’s list of fauna threatened with extinction for the first time. The cágado-iaçá, or six-tubercled ...

Government agencies in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state launched public procurements for more than 200 metric tons of meat from endangered angelshark species between 2015 and 2025, a Mongabay ...

This article is the second one in a two-part series. Read the first one here. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Philip Jacobson was recently a fellow.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that three Brazilian butterflies will be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Today’s listing follows a 2021 lawsuit by ...

Xokleng Indigenous activist Carl Gakran is helping lead the fight to save the critically endangered Brazilian pine tree – Copyright Petter BERNTSEN Dancing around a ...

Researchers have discovered a stunning new species of tiny orange-patterned fish in the Brazilian Amazon, but its survival ...