A chink in the armour of giant South American armadillos may have left them vulnerable to human hunting. Four skulls of these megaherbivores, known as glyptodonts, have been found with similar ...

Why South America’s ancient mammals may have lost out to northern counterparts. Extinctions left fewer animals available to migrate north, a study suggests ...

Q: Why are so many South American animals smaller than their counterparts on other continents? —Donald Dorfman | Sacramento, California Smaller animals have an easier time navigating dense ...

A new South American exhibit opens this Saturday at the park in Chittenango. The Wild’s owner Jeff Taylor says the expansion features six new exhibits, each showcasing a different animal native ...

The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana ...