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Why Hundreds of Baby Whales Are Dying in Patagonia — What Scientists Know So Far

Dozens of newborn right whales have died in Patagonia since June. Here's what scientists confirm, suspect and still don't know.

Latin Times · Sep 25

‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop

Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27

After 160 years of Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Indigenous voices are finally being heard

The first Welsh settlers landed on the shores of what is today the Province of Chubut, in Argentinean Patagonia, on 28 July 1865. Carried on the ship Mimosa, this was the first of a series of immigrant contingents to create the Welsh settlement known as Y Wladfa.

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2025