Epipedobates are species of poisonous frogs found in dry and humid tropical forests on the western side of the Andes in ...

Longnose Pacific stingrays are considered “large-sized,” reaching over 6 feet long and 4 feet across and weighing over 55 ...

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Researchers in the Amazon of Colombia made a mysterious discovery ... of the round skin flap,” study author George Mattox told McClatchy News in an email, “which we don’t have the slightest ...

Published Feb. 18 | Read More | Off Colombia’s coast ... Published Feb. 20 | Read More | McClatchy News continues to follow the discovery of the most unusual and intriguing new species.

Off the coast of Colombia, anglers felt something tug on ... Aspen Pflughoeft covers real-time news for McClatchy. She is a graduate of Minerva University where she studied communications, history ...

Scientist Héctor Ramírez-Chaves and his colleagues set out to study the mammals and rodents of Colombia, knowing the country’s wildlife had been “little studied,” he told McClatchy News ...

On Colón Island, Panama, a new species of shrimp was discovered under dying mangrove roots. Known as Trichocallia delicatula, this “beautiful hairy ghost shrimp” is characterized by its translucent ...