“Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen” – Bizarre New Insect Discovered in South America Stuns Scientists

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

South American lungfish has largest genome of any animal

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The South American lungfish is an extraordinary creature - in some sense, a living fossil. Inhabiting slow-moving and stagnant waters in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, ...

South America, Africa and Europe were once connected by land routes: 120-million-year-old dinosaur fossil reveals ancient bridge

A new giant long-necked dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis, unearthed in Brazil, reveals ancient land connections. Its close evolutionary ties to a Spanish species suggest dinosaurs migrated between ...
Nature

Paleobiology And Evolution Of South American Mammals

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 ...
WMAZ

Exotic South American animal still on the loose at Colorado park

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Wildlife officials said on Wednesday they are still searching for a South American rodent that was spotted at a Lakewood park on Monday. A Patagonian mara was reported by park ...