In Brazil, where about 16 wild animals become roadkill every second, a computer scientist has come up with a futuristic solution to this everyday problem: using AI to alert drivers to their presence.

Explore the world's largest freshwater swamp, the Pantanal. In southwestern Brazil, the Pantanal, the world's largest freshwater swamp is home to a startling variety of wildlife, especially birds and ...

Poconã, Brazil — The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast ...

The impacts of Brazil’s railway network on wildlife are little known to researchers, system operators and the government itself, but the few studies done show high rates of wildlife kills. One study ...

A world-famous carnival, glorious beaches, legendary football players and beautiful, friendly people. Brazil’s reputation precedes itself, with millions of tourists every year choosing to visit the ...

Whenever Wagner Fischer drives, he notices the roadkill. As a graduate student in the 1990s, Fischer, now a biologist with the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, traveled through Brazil’s ...

More than 400 million wild vertebrates are estimated to be run over on Brazil’s highways every year, but roadkill is only one of the impacts from building roads through biodiverse areas. Road ...

With its elongated nose, 60cm-long tongue and wiry, feather-duster tail, it’s hard to see a giant anteater as anything more than the fever dream of a desperate cartoonist. My guide Dai Scapini has ...