An endangered South American bird was spotted flying above the New Forest in what is thought to be the first 'wild' spotting of the species in England. Botter Crompton was visiting his mum in ...

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.

A new bird species, named rayadito subantartico, has been identified by scientists on the Diego Ramirez Archipelago on the tip of South America, off the coast of Chile, a report in Nature says.

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world's most remote places.