I AM the sort of kid who grew up watching nature documentaries,” our jaguar-tracking guide Bruno Sartori tells us. “Now I ...

An endangered Malayan tapir was born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo says the calf, whose name and sex have not yet been announced, is healthy.

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 South American tapir, one of the largest land mammals on the continent, has resurfaced in the Atlantic Forest for the ...

ocelots and Central American tapirs, as well as the West Indian manatee, four species of nesting marine turtles and hundreds of fish species. Because of its sheer size and the fact that the ...

In Costa Rica, pura vida is a way of life. There's a guessable translation – "pure life" or "simple life" – but it's only by visiting the country, with your feet on the ground and your senses ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...