From a young age, Lozano, an expert in endangered species management and zootechny, or the art of handling, breeding, and ...

(Reuters) -For more than five decades as violent conflict raged through Colombia's highlands and rainforests, wildlife thrived. From brilliantly colored orchids to tiger-striped frogs, scientists have ...

Two newborn pumas and a convalescing porcupine share a room in the home of the Zapata family, which has renounced livestock farming to focus on stewardship of the Colombian Amazon and its animals ...

The new national park extends over 68,000 hectares. The Serranía de Manacacías National Natural Park, located in Colombia's Orinoquia region, spans over 68,000 hectares and is home to a diversity of ...

LOS FARALLONES DE CALI, Colombia — The park ranger trudged through the red mud, beneath the fog-covered Andean mountains he is tasked with protecting, on a path leading to the biggest threat facing ...

A scavenger species, the Andean condor plays a vital role in ecosystems by preventing the spread of diseases found in carcasses. But human communities overlapping with their habitat have often ...

DURHAM, N.C., April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based nonprofit Saving Nature has secured 865 acres in Colombia's Western Andes—an urgent step to protect one of the most biologically rich and ...

The Colombian wildlife protection agency Cardique announced the release of 148 morrocoy turtles that had been illegally stolen and sold as pets, to their natural habitat in a reserve in the city of ...

Veterinarian Eliana Hernandez treats a porcupine's injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The shelter is a transit home for ...