Brazil
What are the smallest monkeys and primates in the world?
Smaller than an average adult human hand, the smallest monkeys and primates are truly tiny. BBC Wildlife’s Megan Shersby finds out more.
What is the world’s largest moth?
There are a few moth species vying for this title of biggest moth, and the winner depends on what you are measuring – the wingspan, the weight or the surface area of wings.
Jaguars of the Pantanal prove to be more sociable than elsewhere
A high-fish diet is enough to turn these textbook prowling loners into sociable, playful team workers.
River dolphin guide: where they live, the threats they face, and what is being done to save them
Discover why river dolphins are important, how they differ from marine dolphins, what the differences between the species are, what echolocation is, and why river dolphins and people depend on each other.
Conserving lowland tapirs in Brazil
Whitley Gold Award 2020 winner Dr Patrícia Medici leads the largest lowland tapir study in the world and plans to expand her work to the Amazon.
Monkey population devastated by yellow fever
Thousands of brown howler monkeys have died from a deadly virus in Brazil.
View first underwater images of Amazon Reef
A recently discovered coral reef system off the Brazilian coast has been photographed.
Amazonian frog produces its own ant repellent
Scientists reveal how a particular species of Amazonian frog is able to hide in plain sight through a very unusual form of camouflage.