It’s a question that has fuelled debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good. Using boats run on solar energy and pedal power, an international ...

The tapir, the biggest land mammal in South America, has been spotted in Brazil's Costa Verde region 100 years after its last ...

Forests flanking Brazil’s rivers act as “highways” that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic ...

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they may have actually arisen in tougher conditions near the equator ...

During 2024, 300,549 migrants from South America, Africa and Asia crossed the ... At least 55 migrants died in the jungle in 2024 at the hands of criminal gangs, from animal attacks, or from ...