Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble.

An aerial safari is a wonderful way to understand one of the most remote places on our planet, says Sarah Marshall.

Otters, these playful yet skilled hunters are key to controlling fish and shellfish populations in rivers, lakes, and ...

Of all the flora and fauna in the region, snails are not one I think about very often. On hikes, they fall into the “just” ...

IT'S a task that makes looking for a needle in a haystack seem easy - hunting down a tiny insect in a vast area of Scottish ...

The ocean's depths harbor dangerous fish equipped with venom, sharp teeth, and electric shocks. Stonefish inject venom ...

The world is home to many tiny creatures. Paedophryne Amauensis is the smallest vertebrate. Paedocypris fish lives in acidic ...

A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed "the world's smallest violin," ...

Brazilian Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro on Friday welcomed the opportunity to debate vaccination of poultry against bird ...

Over 16 million animals served in World War I, detecting gas, controlling pests, transporting supplies, and boosting morale.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

Trail cameras captured an elusive Leadbeater's possum in the Australian state of New South Wales, where they were thought to ...