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Lonesome George, a large Pinto Island Galapagos tortoise , and the last of his kind, finally found romance and had a successful mating experience after almost a century of celibacy and one previous impregnation that ended in failure. Infamous Lonesome...

CALI, Colombia - An iguana is standing high at a park in the Uribe neighborhood. The park was created by mechanic Orlando Machado, and is home to around 300 iguanas. This was Machado's contribution to the development of the community....

When full grown, the green iguana with black stripes is usually between four and fix feet, including the tail, which makes up about half the body length. Their skin is rough, with pointy scales along its back. Iguanas have long...

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador - After sixteen years of litigation, the lawsuit against Chevron Corp. is being celebrated among human rights activists and environmentalist. The dignity of native populations around the world is being recognized in a Declaration on the Rights...

The Andean Hillstar, also known as a Hummingbird, reside mostly in the Andes of southwest Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. They are often found near habitation in puna grasslands. The females are territorial when breeding and while...

This might sound ridiculous – how can the tiny mosquitoes threaten wildlife? But – that is happening in the Galapagos Islands. The Southern house mosquitoes identified as the Culex Quinquefasciatus come by tourist planes and boats and bring with them...

While land development, human settlement, and logging are the main sources of deforestation , the bedrock of this global ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each newly...

It was a typical Tuesday night in South America's largest nation. In Sao Paulo, maids and security guards made their way home after another day's grind. In Rio, samba musicians began taking to the stage, their faces glazed in sweat...

Humans of the earth have overfished their seas, yet the people that inhabit the earth still wanna eat lots of fishies. Some large companies think they may have found the answer Fish Farming . What countries will become the home...