Mongabay on MSN1h
A cattle ranch is the unlikely scene for saving a fox found only in Brazil
They appeared at dusk. The day was ending in a pink-and-yellow sky when a cub moved in the grass. Its mother appeared next, red as the earth, small, slender. Krahô-Kanela is an experienced mom, having ...
‘Parrot green’ creature — with black mustache — discovered in Brazil. See new species
Leptophis mystacinus, or the mustache parrot snake, was discovered in the Cerrado, a massive savanna of mixed grasslands, shrublands, rocky outcrops and forests known for its biodiversity, according ...
Mongabay on MSN23h
Brazilian soy farms and cattle pastures close in on a land where the grass is golden
The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...