Fast, curious, and unflinchingly bold, the tayra is one of South America’s most extraordinary small predators. This film delves into its hunting behavior, habitat, and surprising diet, showing how ...

72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America Season 1 is a gripping 2017-released wildlife docuseries. Host Bob Brisbane takes the viewers on a journey across the forests and wilderness of South America. Based ...

Scientists in Argentina have discovered a new species of dinosaur that they believe could be at least 70 million years old. The Joaquinraptor was discovered in 2019 in Patagonia, the southern tip of ...

New research shows how young dinosaurs like Uberabatitan and Neuquensaurus used strength and balance to rise up on two legs.

Why it's awesome: If there were a beauty contest for wild canines, the maned wolf would surely be the winner, with its flowing red coat, long legs and large ears. Its name derives from the black mane ...

Scientists have suspected a unique small cat roamed Central and South America for more than a decade, but it took intense genetic work and 40 experts to put all the pieces together. When Joel Sartore ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...

Ancient humans in South America may have kept foxes as pets, according to archaeologists. Their finding comes from excavations at a grave site in northwest Patagonia in Argentina, named Cañada Seca.