The third episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet focuses on the most species-rich continent on Earth - South America. The episode shows how some of the continent’s wildlife have developed unique ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct ...

Stretching along South America's east coast and extending inland towards the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s most ecologically diverse regions. It is also one of the most vulnerable.

The wildlife concentrations around the coast ... "Skuas winter around South America as do giant petrels and we think these birds are the vector that bought the disease into South Georgia," said ...

Take a cruise, a hike, a bus ride, and more, to experience what South America has to offer. South America is famous for its diverse wildlife that isn't found anywhere else. The continent has much to ...

Once numbering in the millions, only about 100,000 guanaco survive today in all of South America. Guanacos and llamas are descendants of a jackrabbit-size animal that originated in North America ...

It's one of the Sabethes species found in central and South America. What a shame this particular ... His work is highly commended in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.