Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more ...

This is especially true for South America, where unexpected ancestral ... humans first identified from DNA sequences from the tip of finger bone discovered around 2008. "It's phenomenal that ...

The Diego Ramirez Archipelago on the tip of South America is geographically isolated — plus it lacks terrestrial mammalian predators and woody plants, the study said. "These birds move at ...

Most understand that the construction of the Panama Canal was necessary in order to significantly reduce the travel time of going around the tip of South America. While that is true, there are ...

S kygazers on the tip of South America were treated Wednesday to a spectacular "ring of fire" solar eclipse that was visible from Chile's Easter Island before heading to mainland Patagonia.

Chile is poised to create it's 47th national park in the coming year, protecting wilderness at the southern tip of South America. That's thanks in large part to the work of a U.S. conservationist ...

David Grann discusses his book about an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. Martin Scorsese is slated to direct the film adaptation. Originally broadcast in 202 ...

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America. By Victor Mather After months of drifting, the world’s largest iceberg has come to ...

Skygazers on the tip of South America were treated Wednesday to a spectacular "ring of fire" solar eclipse that was visible from Chile's Easter Island before heading to mainland Patagonia.