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 ...

2. Catedral Alta Patagonia, Argentina Nestled outside the town of Bariloche, Catedral Alta Patagonia features steeps, gentle runs, and everything in between. For freestylers, the resort features ...

The number of privately protected areas in South America has exploded over the past two decades, and today cover some 2 million hectares (5 million acres).

Research reveals that the expanding presence of wild pigs across South America poses a greater threat to biodiversity hotspots and protected areas than previously believed. Image by Bernard DUPONT ...

Stone tools, charred animal bones and fire ash found at the Monte Verde site in Chile indicate people reached South America’s southernmost territory at least 18,500 years ago.

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.