A 13-million-year-old leg bone from an enormous flightless bird carries crocodilian tooth marks, showing South America was ...

About 3.5 million years ago, carnivorous birds with hooked beaks standing 10 feet (3 meters) tall roamed parts of South America in search of prey. Now, researchers have found a nearly complete ...

A recent study of mummified parrots found in a high-altitude desert region in South America suggests to researchers that, as far back as some 900 years ago, people went to arduous lengths to ...

Bird Flu Raced Through South America. Antarctica Could Be Next. More than 100 million birds breed in the region, and many are likely to be vulnerable to the virus, scientists warned.

The trade of live birds in South America is down to its lowest levels in years, according to a report released Jan. 16 by conservation NGOs TRAFFIC and WWF.. But bird populations are still in ...