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A fossil skull barely 1 inch long has proved to be a newborn reptile from Brazil’s Late Triassic, a period more than 230 million years ago when early reptiles dominated land ecosystems. Its tiny jaw ...

THE PHILIPPINES has overtaken China as the largest buyer of pork and pork products from Brazil, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A new kind of café experience is coming to Coeur d'Alene later this month. The family-owned team behind Big Red’s Barn plans ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Star Wars fans among biologists. These ones have used their opportunity to name a new species to make reference to their beloved franchise.

Four mounted cowboys jostle for position near the bull pen gate. The coleo is one of the high points of the annual "llanera" fair in the central city of San Fernando de Apure, a three-day extravaganza ...

After years of analysis, the animal turned out to be an entirely new species — one that lived millions of years longer than ...

In addition to fuel costs and shipping delays, the impact of closure will also be felt on vitamins manufactured in China, ...

For riverside communities along the Amazon, fish is not a menu choice—it is a lifeline. Millions of people in the Brazilian ...

Why is 24 gay?” Research says it’s for a couple of reasons. One goes back to the turn of the last century in Brazil, when the ...

Scientists discovered a bizarre 275-million-year-old aquatic animal with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw in Brazil, revealing a rare “living fossil” lineage from the Permian period.

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this lake-dweller with twisted jaws and teeth pointed outward lived in Gondwana 275 million years ...