Upon arriving in Brazil, I was enraptured by the flora and fauna of the Atlantic Forest. Nova Friburgo, my exchange city, ...

Across the globe, several spider species possess potent venom, posing significant risks to humans. These spiders, including ...

In southeastern Brazil, researchers discovered a new species named Rineloricaria buckupi, or Buckup’s whiptail catfish, in the rivers near Rio de Janeiro. This “armored” catfish, covered in body ...

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Re.green buys degraded land from farmers and ranchers or partners with them to replant native species in the Amazon rainforest and in Brazil's coastal Atlantic rainforest. By turning degraded land ...

Whether a destination filled with dangerous critters is your idea of heaven or hell, you’ll want to consult this list ...

While some forest-dwelling tarantulas are arboreal (living in the ... There are nine different types of nocturnal wandering spiders in Brazil, and they all live there. Some species are also found in ...

In February, the Khao Yai Art Forest opened to the public ... version of the French artist Louise Bourgeois’s 30-foot-high spider sculpture called “Maman” (1999–2002), on loan from ...

The Amazon rainforest, the most extensive rainforest on Earth, plays an essential role in the Brazilian Wandering Spider’s habitat and range. The spider relies heavily on the dense canopy of trees in ...

Abra hopes the structures can help turn things around for some of Brazil’s vulnerable and endangered species, like the Groves’ titi, the Schneider’s marmoset, and the Guiana Spider Monkey.

aurea found in Brazil) possibly manipulating spiders to move to the underside ... “Actually, we can hypothesize that they keep the forest in balance,” he added, pointing to the case of the ...