All animal life that lives in a particular geographic area during a particular time in history. The type of fauna to be found in any particular region is determined by factors such as plant life, physical environment, topographic barriers, and...

Old Italic goddess of fields and woods; she appears as either sister or wife of Faunus. As she promotes fertility in the fields and among livestock, thereby blessing the farmer, she was revered as Bona Dea (‘good...

Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran...

Four rare mountain gorillas, including an alpha-male silverback, were shot dead at Congo's Virunga National Park, conservationists said Thursday.The International Gorilla Conservation Program, a partnership of conservation groups that includes the World Wildlife Fund, said it was unclear who shot the three females and one...

A village near Peru's Machu Picchu has built a bridge over a turbulent river to open another route for backpackers trekking to the lofty Inca ruins.The bridge was inaugurated Saturday in the village of Santa Teresa despite the objections of government cultural experts, who fear...

Twenty new species of sharks and rays have been discovered in Indonesia in a five-year survey of catches at local fish markets, Australian researchers said Wednesday.The survey by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, or CSIRO, represents the first in-depth look at Indonesia's...