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 ...

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 ...

The Andes mountains and their extensive foothills form one of the planet's most crucial water distribution networks, ...

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

Millions of years ago, North American mammals flooded South America after the two continents joined. But South American mammals failed to return the favor, and now scientists have an idea why. A new ...

Humanity’s impact on South American ecosystems expanded by 268 million hectares (1 million square miles) — an area of land the size of Kazakhstan or Argentina — since 1985, finds an analysis published ...

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’ ...

Peru's oil production is hampered by political and social instability, whereas Chile, with minimal oil reserves, heavily relies on copper and lithium production. Colombia faces decreasing oil ...

Beijing is gradually linking South America together with its massive investments in infrastructure—right under Washington’s nose. In November 2024, Chinese president Xi Jinping personally inaugurated ...