From narcos to navigating FARC paramilitaries, Angela Maldonado has been spearheading a campaign to protect the Amazon's night monkeys from an illegal wildlife trade ...

After 100 years, the South American tapir reappears in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, sparking hope for conservation. Can this lost species survive modern threats?

The cameras of Rio de Janeiro's State Institute of Environment (INEA) have caught a truly wild moment for Brazilian biodiversity: the South American tapir ...

Dozens of tributes are paid with former students saying Timmy was an inspiration.

Staff at Reaseheath Zoo in Nantwich are mourning the death of Timmy, a Brazilian Tapir. Timmy has been a popular attraction ...

Sometimes history surprises us with unexpected discoveries. In Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), cameras from the State Institute for ...

Tapirs might be one of the largest land mammals in South America clocking in at an impressive 300 kilograms (661 pounds), but ...

South American tapirs reappear in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest after 100 years, highlighting the success of conservation efforts.

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto attend a ceremony honoring ...

The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man. By Jack Nicas Jack Nicas ...