South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped Andean peaks tower above flood-prone lowlands, and some of the world's most ...

South America holds roughly a fifth of the world's remaining forest cover, yet it has become the epicenter of a global environmental problem. The continent's tree loss now outpaces every other region ...

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the ...

With the turn of the calendar to September, the focus in agriculture will be shifting south of the equator, and specifically to Brazil and Argentina, as the two largest competitors to U.S. corn and ...