Rain forests are rich in biodiversity and are home to many different plants and animals as well as indigenous communities. Humans, even those who don’t live in the rain forest, rely on it for ...

Have you ever heard the expression “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck?" Although this saying has some truth to it, we should also remember ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. If you smell a strong musky odor and ...

Javelina also known as collared peccary, are medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar.© Rajh.Photography/Shutterstock.com At first glance, this slightly ...

Neotropical peccaries comprise three species that occupy diverse habitats across Central and South America: the collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) and the ...

Biologists have discovered a new species of peccary, a member of the pig family, in the basin of the Rio Aripuanã in the south-eastern Amazon region. The divergence time from the already known peccary ...

ALL interested in the breeding of wild animals in captivity will welcome the announcement that two collared peccaries have just been born in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, for it is ...

COCHA CASHU BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru—At this research outpost in Manú National Park, east of the Andes, there's an open space in the Amazon rain forest, a wet clearing where the surrounding vegetation ...

A new species of peccary has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest by a scientist recently charged with biopiracy by the Brazilian government. The animal, called the giant peccary or Pecari maximus ...