Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in…
South Park Returns as South America as Plot Stays Local and Trump-Free
South Park, one of the longest-running comedy series on television, returned to Comedy Central for its 29th season…
‘South Park’ will be renamed ‘South America’ for its next series to poke fun at Trump
THE NEXT SERIES of popular animated TV show South Park will be renamed South America in an apparent…
New Owl Species Discovered in Peru
A horned owl living in a narrow strip of high-Andean grassland in northern Peru is a species new…
This tiny fish packs a bite stronger than its body weight
A group of great white sharks were reported near the beach in Scarborough, Maine, this week. Video shows…
Paleontologists Identify New Species of Glyptodont
An incomplete fossilized skull that has sat in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark since…
Ornithologists Discover New Bird Species in Brazil
A previously unrecognized species of the antthrush genus Chamaeza has been discovered in the isolated highland rainforests of…
Rescued lions and tigers leave Argentine zoo for sanctuaries abroad
LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Thirty lions and tigers that were kept alive — barely — for years in…
Fossil Evidence Pushes Back Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years
Paleontologists studying a 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil from Argentina say they have found the earliest evidence yet of viviparity…
Amazon nations carry out major multinational crackdown on environmental crime
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police from five Amazon countries have arrested hundreds of people and seized timber, minerals…
One of the world’s largest rodents was imported for fur farming in North America; today it’s devastating wetlands and riverbanks across US |
Two hundred years ago, you wouldn’t have been able to find them outside of South America. But since…
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest…