The Bolivian government has appealed a historic court ruling issued in April to require protection of the jaguar (Panthera onca) and its natural habitat. At issue ......
Abejones de Mayo, or May beetles (Phyllophaga spp.), have traditionally been so characteristic of the start of Costa Rica’s rainy season that there is even ......
Afro-descendant communities not only occupy some of South America’s most biodiverse regions—from the Amazon rainforest to mangrove-fringed coast—but they also play a key role in ......
Mexican lawmakers have banned the use of dolphins and other marine mammals in shows, therapy, research, recreational encounters and any other activities unrelated to conservation. ......
Pope Francis’ death on April 21 marked the end of an unusual pontificate in which the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics played ......
Scientists feel a bit more optimistic about the vaquita marina, a small porpoise that is endemic to Mexico’s Gulf of California and for years has ......
Two legal opinions issued in June, which state that a healthy climate is a basic human right, place new tools in the hands of ......
Brazilian biologist Yara Barros is executive coordinator of the nonprofit Jaguars of Iguaçu Project, or Projeto Onças do Iguaçu, an initiative to bolster jaguar numbers ......
