South America has the most diverse wildlife of any continent, with an extremely high species count. And some of South America ...

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 ...

Between 2017 and 2023, nearly 2,500 animals from 69 species were seized from illegal trade shipments from Latin America into Europe, a recent IFAW report shows. More than 90% of the seized wildlife ...

Crimes against wildlife increasingly threaten biodiversity in Latin America, which is home to 40% of the world’s plant and animal species. Between 2017 and 2022, almost 2,000 wildlife seizures and ...

How people view and treat wild animals can vary dramatically from one part of the world to another. In the first ...

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, ...