A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

Over 20,000 years ago, during the last glacial maximum, the Earth was a frozen world. Global temperatures were around 10°C colder, and vast ice sheets covered large portions of the ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

New research conducted by an international consortium shows that IBD and related conditions are now spreading through developing regions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America as well.

Scientists are warning that a 1,000-foot-tall “ mega tsunami ” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line ...

The political map of Latin America remains active, with a series of elections in 2024 and more anticipated in 2025, each carrying the potential for policy shifts that could impact investment.

A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.

A plurality of the Catholic Church is in Latin America, at roughly 40% of the global Catholic population. The election of the Argentinian Pope Francis in 2013 brought fresh hope for a new ...

Newsweek has created a map showing the current travel advisories in place for U.S. citizens heading to Latin America and the Caribbean.