According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god's passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

Many Native American traditions in the American West place animals like bison or horses at the center of their spirituality ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

Nutria, a native species to South America, are invasive not just in the San Joaquin Delta area but also in the Gulf of America coast (formerly the Gulf of Mexico), the Atlantic coast and the ...

A rabbit species thought to be extinct for 120 years was recently found in Mexico, mirroring the rediscovery of black-footed ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is urging Americans to eat certain invasive species, including animals similar to giant rats and wild pigs. In a Facebook post, the agency encouraged people to ...

“It’s an interesting little animal,” said Yanet Cruz, head of the Chinampaxóchitl Museum in Mexico City ... is a symbol of identity for the native people,” said Cruz, who participated ...

Cane toads, rats, cats and pigs — Australia has been on the receiving end of more than its fair share of feral animals over the ... Valley is home to several native species of crayfish ...

Having worked in the nature documentary field for three decades, Gunton is now creative director of BBC Studios Natural ...

“As Native folks, we’ve always taken care of animals,” Whitehorse said ... Early cowboys were called vaqueros, who were mixed Mexican Indigenous and Spanish, American Indigenous and Black.