Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest)
hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a …

Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their
products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this …

Understanding how chronic anthropogenic disturbances are distributed in space leads to
more effective conservation and management practices. This study provides a large‐scale …

Faunal resources have played a wide range of roles in human life from the earliest days of
recorded history. In addition to their utilitarian importance, animals have been recognized in …

Connections between animals and humans date back thousands of years, and cultures all
over the world have developed characteristic ways of interacting with the regional fauna …

Background Humans in various cultures have feared snakes, provoking an aversion and
persecution that hinders conservation efforts for these reptiles. Such fact suggests that …

Brazil's rich biological and cultural diversity makes it an exceptional location for examining
the commerce in live wild birds and its implications for conservation. This paper catalogues …

Brazil has one of the highest avifauna diversities in the world, and many species are used by
human populations in many different ways. Capturing wild birds for food, or to raise as pets …

Context Biodiversity is modulated by the spatial structure of the landscape. Thus, landscape
metrics can be useful indicators of biota integrity and vulnerability, helping in conservation …

Conflicts between human beings and wild animals have been recorded in many parts of the
world and mainly involve damage to crops, predation of domestic animals, and attacks on …