Hundreds of Indigenous Mayan people in Guatemala ushered in the new year according to their calendar with a spiritual ceremony at the sacred Mayan site of Kaminaljuyu, in Guatemala City, on Tuesday. ( ...

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

The Asian elephant Trompita turned 64 on Friday and was celebrated at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City with a special diet and ...

Semana Santa celebrations in Guatemala are notable for their scale and level of community engagement, and feature processions and oversized floats. Guatemala’s Holy Week has been inscribed on ...

Peter “Navy” Tuiasosopo, an actor who appeared in “Necessary Roughness,” “12 Rounds,” “Street Fighter” and “New Girl,” died ...

"This is a fantastic example of governments and communities working together to better protect some of our most vulnerable animals," Ms ... to protect our important native wildlife as we strive ...

India has no shortage of trees and many are native. This beautiful and large nation has a surface area of 1,269,219 square miles, making it the seventh-largest country in the world by area. Within ...

Forty-one parrots, previously victims of illegal wildlife trafficking, have found a new home in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. Employees at the zoo work hard to provide animals with mental ...

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“As native peoples, we offer a unique connection to land, to water, to animals that can be found in our communities,” says Rupert, from the Paiute/Washoe community. Hosting unique and ...