The Latest Breaking News from Central and South America

Tropical birds are showing signs of mercury contamination as artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations reach deeper into jungles, finds a new research. Birds living within 7 km of such gold mining activity were found to have mercury concentrations over four times higher than those living at other sites across…

Caribbean false mussel has spread widely in Kerala's coastal waters, displacing native species & causing economic loss. IPBES report finds global economic cost of invasive species exceeded USD 423 billion in 2019. Control of spread now impossible; only way to reduce number is to harvest as much as possible.

Interpol said on Tuesday its largest-ever fire arms swoop across Central and South America resulted in the seizure of thousands of illegal weapons and $5.7 billion worth of drugs after unprecedented cooperation by 15 countries.

Mexican authorities have found 269 migrants from Central and South America crowded into a tractor trailer near the country's southern border, Mexico's National Institute of Migration said on Tuesday.

The world's first all-electric driving adventure will take the team from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole through North, Central and South America.

Over the past few days, migrants fleeing the war in Ukraine have made their way to northern Mexico and been waved through the U.S. southern border, putting an end to a short but harrowing journey to seek safety in a foreign land. Yards away, equally desperate travelers from Central and…