Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, a virus that spilled over from birds into marine mammals along the coast of South ...

South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America has a variety of habitats and climates that make it one of the most ...

A newly identified termite species with a whale-like head reveals unexpected diversity within the Cryptotermes genus.

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

In the Amazon and Atlantic forests, field research is seeking new ways to understand the behavior of mammals like monkeys and sloths that depend on the treetops to move around and survive in different ...

South American mammals present a fascinating case study in evolutionary biology, shaped by a dynamic interplay of palaeoenvironmental shifts, adaptive radiations and biogeographic isolation. The ...