An international genomic study unveiled the longest documented prehistoric migration in human history, tracing early modern ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

When the presidency of the Group of 20 rotated to South Africa last year, the government quickly embraced the opportunity to highlight the country's assets and advocate for an 'African agenda'. In ...

The location ... and South America began to separate, causing rifts to emerge along pre-existing weaknesses and the south Atlantic Ocean fill the space between the two newly formed continents.

Recap the continents of the world and use a globe to find and name South America. Ask pupils to describe its location and discuss how it is joined through a narrow piece of land to North America.

Roughly 9 million sq km (3.5 million sq miles) of South America have been covered in smoke at times, more than half of the continent, she said. Sao Paulo, the most populous city in the Western ...

Some regions are experiencing more days with extreme fire conditions. Scientists have quantified how much more fire-prone South America has become in recent decades, as several parts of the ...

Fossilized bones from an extinct, shelled mammal offer us the latest clue about when humans arrived in South America. Scientists have long argued over when people first set foot on the continent ...

Roughly 9 million sq km (3.5 million sq miles) of South America have been covered in smoke at times, more than half of the continent, she said. Sao Paulo, the most populous city in the Western ...

SAO PAULO – South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number ...