(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) LOCAL BIOLOGIST, MARIO MOSCATELLI, SAYING: "Due to the absence of vessels movement, the absence of humans close to the rocky areas of the coast and with the drastic reduction ...

(Bloomberg) — More than a month since oil started washing up on some of Brazil’s most touristic beaches, dotting sand with black patches, killing sea turtles and scaring off fishermen, the origin of ...

Brazil’s beaches are awash with oil but no one knows quite where it’s coming from. The oil spill is affecting a number of beaches on Brazil’s north-eastern coastline, and is harming turtles and other ...

"Today in the Guapore or Itenez river, we have a binational project for the protection and conservation of species, especially the Amazon River turtle. We work with turtles that are biologically ...

TAPAUA, Brazil — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas state, as ...

(Gray News) – Conservationists call it a turtle tsunami. The Wildlife Conservation Society released a video this week showing tens of thousands of wiggling giant South American river turtle hatchlings ...

VILA BELÉM, Pará state, Brazil — The fisherman and I sit on the banks of the Tocantins River in Vila Belém, one of more than a hundred fishing villages north of Marabá municipality. All these ...

Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a 'gentle recovery' after 30 years of conservation efforts, new research shows. Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of ...

(Gray News) – Conservationists call it a turtle tsunami. The Wildlife Conservation Society released a video this week showing tens of thousands of wiggling giant South American river turtle hatchlings ...