South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America has a variety of habitats and climates that make it one of the most ...

From Portillo to Las Leñas, these South American ski resorts will satisfy your desire for steep runs and deep snow.

The best cities in Central and South America in our annual "World’s Best Awards" survey for 2025 allow travelers to immerse themselves in history, culture, and local cuisine.

A group of scientists say in new research that matching dinosaur tracks found in modern-day Brazil and Cameroon were made 120 million years ago in an area that once connected the two continents.

Though other classic architects didn’t flock to South America like areas of Europe, some did, such as Stanley Thompson, who did a ton of work in Brazil during the 1930s; Robert Trent Jones, who ...

Patricia Fuenmayor died at the age of 51 after a battle with cancer, according to 'Despierta América', where she worked as a New York correspondent. She was also a pageant queen, winning Miss ...

Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the ...

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake was recorded on Friday, May 2, off the southern coasts of Argentina and Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

They can be found in aquatic areas, like tropical rainforests, marshes, and slow-moving rivers of the Amazon and Orinoco basins, mainly in northern South America.