The teen previously snuck into the landing gear of an Africa-bound plane in pursuit of his dream to tame lions.

Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's Macaws, one of ...

The man believed to have been struggling with mental health issues was attacked by the lion as soon as he entered the ...

A teenager, who dreamt of training big cats, was fatally attacked by a lioness at a zoo in Brazil on Sunday, Nov. 30.

THIS is the horrifying moment a teen broke into a lion enclosure at a Brazilian zoo – before meeting a tragic end. Gerson ...

This is a great step forward! Animal activists around the world are celebrating the recent ban on animal testing in Brazil, which sat stagnant in the Senate for nearly a decade. The Brazilian Senate ...

Gerson de Melo Machado was filmed making his way into the enclosure at Arruda Camera Park in Brazil before tragedy struck ...

BRASILIA, May 2 (Reuters) - Poaching and trafficking in wild animals such as monkeys and parrots is reaching critical proportions in Brazil, home of more animal species than any other country, a ...

Pictures by Nelson Almeida. Video by Florence Goisnard. A yellow-and-brown boa constrictor wraps itself around David de Oliveira Gomes's neck like a scarf, but the 15-year-old Brazilian with autism is ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

The park said that "euthanasia was never considered" for the lioness, who "shows no aggressive behavior outside the context ...

A troubled teenager who dreamed of becoming a lion tamer was mauled to death in front of horrified zoo-goers after climbing a ...