Imagine walking through the Amazon and realizing the animals that make it magical might not be there for your kids to see. For many, the Amazon is a place of great mystery, a place where one’s ...

While not as lucrative as illegal mining, wildlife trafficking is still a multimillion-dollar business. Each day, birds, reptiles, amphibians, felines, and primates are snatched from their natural ...

The National Forest and Wildlife Service (Servicio Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre – Serfor) is responsible for developing and implementing the national strategy for fighting wildlife trafficking.

High above the forest floor, the Amazon’s newest thoroughfares are not branches or lianas but human-built walkways, and the region’s wildlife is quietly adapting. Elevated paths meant for tourists and ...

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The rainforest holds animals that glow, mimic wood, run on water, or carry ...

The legal and illegal wildlife trade continues to escalate in tandem with increasing Chinese investment in South America’s Amazon region, mirroring a similar China trafficking trend that devastated ...

Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of land without putting their paws on the ground. The Brazilian Amazon ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have discovered another rainforest resident deep within Brazil’s palm-dense Juruá ...

Camera traps and technology accessible to communities and governments can be powerful tools for conservation decision making. The GEF-funded, World Bank-led Amazon Sustainable Landscapes regional ...

The transformation of the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests into savanna-like environments will change the makeup of both the flora and the fauna of these biomes. A study by Brazilian researchers ...