Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Two species of mata-mata
New analyses have revealed that there are at least two species of mata-mata
By Redação
Ecology
Protecting the turtles
Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species
By Rubem Barros
Biodiversity
At risk of disappearing
Hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are at risk of disappearing in the next two decades as a result of environmental degradation caused by humans
By Redação
Zoology
The bigger the tusk, the better
Biologists measured the tusks of 245 males collected in Greenland from 1983 to 2018 and concluded that the organ may play a role in sexual selection
By Redação
Biodiversity
Reclusive and under threat
Deforestation is destroying the habitat of the timid and elusive short-eared dog, the only canid species endemic to the Amazon
By Redação
Video
How science helps environmental conservation
Biota-Fapesp program reaches its 20th anniversary lending scientific bases to the creation of nature preservation areas and the search for sustainable development in São Paulo state
By Redação
Video
In violin bow construction, each wood type is unique
Biologist Eduardo Longui, from the Forest Institute of São Paulo, and architect and bowmaker Daniel Lombardi search for alternatives to brazilwood for manufacturing bows for cellos and violins. | 10'03
By Redação
Paleontology
The extinct manatee of Rondônia
Newly discovered species lived in the Madeira River region 45,000 years ago
Biodiversity
The diversity of the Caatinga
The Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest
By Redação
Zoology
What’s for dinner?
The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner
By Redação
Biodiversity
Colorful but discreet
If you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper
By Redação
Zoology
Cooperation between parrots
Biologists have discovered possible evidence of cooperative behavior among birds that has previously only been observed in mammals
By Redação
Photolab
A house in the trees
In the Amazon, bats of the Mesophylla genus sometimes sleep under large tree leaves
By Redação
Video
Matamata, a bizarre turtle from Amazonia
The description of a new species may help fighting against illegal trafficking of these rainforest animals | 4'03
By Redação
Video
How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?
Throughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region
By Redação
Video
These parrots use probability to get food
Biologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use
By Redação
Vídeo
Biologists uncover pollinating opossum
Almost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower
By Redação
Environment
Oil spill spreads
Analysis suggests three potential sources of the oil near the Brazilian coast
Environment
Deforestation increases, CO2 emissions stabilize
The rate of deforestation in the Legal Amazon increased by 30% between August 2018 and July 2019
By Redação