Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird—which they say could be the largest known member of its ...
South America has the most diverse wildlife of any continent, with an extremely high species count. And some of South America’s animals are surprisingly strange. The continent’s range of ecosystems, ...
New research shows that the expanding range of wild pigs across South America poses a greater threat to protected areas and biodiversity hotspots than previously thought. A study published in the ...
SAO PAULO, March 13(Reuters) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk ...
Endemic wildlife, remote and remarkable landscapes and a unique melting pot of cultures, Guyana is a corner of the continent well worth exploring. A multicultural, colourful South American country, ...
An “apocalyptic” mass mortality event that has left thousands of sea lions and elephant seals dead on the beaches of South America is raising alarms among some California sea mammal experts who fear ...
How people view and treat wild animals can vary dramatically from one part of the world to another. In the first international study of wildlife values, research led by Colorado State University found ...