A new study attributes the regular disappearance of white-lipped peccaries in South America to natural population cycles. White-lipped peccaries are a keystone species and ecosystem engineers whose ...

Populations of white-lipped peccaries, a 'new world' pig-like species usually found throughout Central American tropical forests, are in freefall, new research finds. White-lipped peccaries have ...

Every Tuesday, Mongabay brings you a new episode of Candid Animal Cam, our show featuring animals caught on camera traps around the world and hosted by Romi Castagnino, our writer and conservation ...

White-lipped peccaries travel in large packs throughout the forest. The hairy, piglike creatures emit a distinctive musky smell that is not easy to forget, and they play a crucial role in their ...

While tracking white-lipped peccaries and gathering environmental data in forests that link Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado biomes, a team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and a ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - White-lipped peccaries have declined by as much as 87% to 90% from their historical range in Central America, signaling a population collapse of a key species in the region, according ...

While tracking white-lipped peccaries and gathering environmental data in forests that link Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado biomes, researchers discovered ancient cave drawings made by hunter-gatherer ...

A vulnerable species of peccaries has arrived at a zoo in Devon. Dartmoor Zoo said it had acquired seven white-lipped peccaries, a pig-like animal, from Dudley Zoo and Castle. The breed is considered ...

(UPI) -- Researchers following the the white-lipped peccary were surprised to find themselves amid cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago. Found in the forests of Brazil's ...

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 25, No. 3 (May, 2009), pp. 261-270 (10 pages) We studied the habitat use, activity patterns and use of mineral licks by five species of Amazonian ungulate using data ...

The seven white-lipped peccaries will occupy a newly refurbished enclosure A vulnerable species of peccaries has arrived at a zoo in Devon. Dartmoor Zoo said it had acquired seven white-lipped ...