Tag: Turtles

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has begun to welcome the first of the Magellanic penguin species (Spheniscus magellanicus), from the Falkland Islands, Argentina and Chile, which annually migrate to the Brazilian coast in a season that usually runs from...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - China has become the largest importer and main market for endangered species, said Rodrigo Medellín Legorreta, researcher at the Institute of Ecology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The "illegal trade in wild...

By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter BAHIA, BRAZIL – Each year hundreds of sea turtles make the journey to lay their eggs on Bahia’s golden sands. It’s a risky business, from the time the turtles haul themselves out of the turquoise...