SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to its west, may have helped it avoid the U.S.

Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century ...

A newly described species of Tinamou bird may already be at risk of extinction. Adult female Slaty-masked Tinamou (Tinamus resonans). (Credit: Luis Morais / National Museum of Brazil.) A team of ...

A recent study analyzed the behavior of birds that feed on insects in parts of the Amazon that have not yet been altered by human activity. Of the 29 species studied, 24 have gone through a reduction ...