It’s been over 200 million years since South America broke off Africa into its own continent. But now it’s behaving very strangely. It’s taking on water and going down. How would this whole continent ...

Coastal South America is a different world from the one travellers see inside the continent. Inaccessible beaches, remote ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. A central plot point in the human story is our species’ ...

Day 6 of the seven-continent journey arrives with the jump into South America. After nearly a week of nonstop flights, time ...

Fossilized bones from an extinct, shelled mammal offer us the latest clue about when humans arrived in South America. Scientists have long argued over when people first set foot on the continent ...

South America continues to feature prominently among petroleum industry headlines. Offshore Brazil and Guyana have become the focal point of what is shaping up to be the continent’s two biggest oil ...

Although South America is not known for being a global hotspot in terms of ongoing armed conflict, it is home to some of the strongest militaries in the world. There are military coups from time to ...

President Donald Trump's intensifying threats toward Venezuela, accompanied by an unprecedented campaign of strikes against suspected drug traffickers at sea, mark the dawn of a new era of U.S.

"The opportunity is gigantic.” LATAM's CEO Roberto Alvo discusses his vision to lead South America's skies, boosting intra-regional connectivity ...