Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and ...

Chile has a national plan to increase production even more. But this boom has reshaped the fragile Atacama ecosystem as well as the life of the 18 Indigenous settlements — which are home to the ...

“To see that the ecosystems you had in your childhood are no longer the same can be very impactful,” said Alaniz, now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Santiago, Chile. A member of ...

While preserving these blooms is important for the region’s ecosystems, Chilean microbiologist Cristina Dorador says protections should extend to the critical species we can’t see ...

The team explored four unnamed submarine canyons in southern Chile for the first time, mapping them to a high resolution. The largest of the canyons is approximately 2000 square kilometers (770 ...

But the popular fish are not native to this place, and many environmentalists and activists have long complained that the farms are damaging Chilean ecosystems and threatening native wildlife.

"I don't think the Chilean state, or anybody for that matter ... and at the same time not destroy ecosystems or nations that have developed over centuries?" This article originally appeared ...