About a week ago we lost a jaguar in a car collision, just over here,” says Celso Poot, director of the nonprofit Belize Zoo ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

Rumors of a devastating pest being in Missouri are unfounded, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA). New World Screwworm (NWS) disease is an infestation with the ...

The small zoo houses 43 species: Jaguars roar ... Peer through the zoo's leafy canopy trees and you may catch sight of Belize's beloved howler monkeys, or at least one tropical parrot, tapir ...

Two new crocodile species have been identified on isolated islands in the Caribbean, and they both face the threat of […] ...

The reasons for this are still not understood, but scientists have improved our knowledge by studying the molecules responsible, and finding they differ among species. Certain molecules absorb ...

Why do cats generally live longer than dogs? New research suggests that longer lifespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune systems. Why do cats ...

New research suggests that land-based echidnas descended from semi-aquatic mammals. Gunjan Pandey CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Between backward-facing-feet, nipple-less milk secretion and ...

And there's one in Belize that is particularly sweet. Every year, the tiny Central American nation throws an all-out bash in the name of its favorite dessert: chocolate. And from May 16 to 18 ...