Researchers worry the Colombian environmental ministry will side with animal-rights activists rather than curb the spread of invasive hippos once kept by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar...
A region with some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws has started to tentatively move in the opposite direction
Gonzalo Moratorio assists his country in steering a more adept response than that mounted in Argentina and Brazil
Infernos in South America’s Pantanal region have burned twice the area of California’s fires this year
As universities shut down, researchers are demonstrating—and meeting with lawmakers to figure out if science can help solve socioeconomic inequality
The drug-resistant form of the virus has been detected at unacceptable levels across Africa, Asia and the Americas
The president wants to cut spending at the National Institutes of Health and Environmental Protection Agency, but it is not clear whether Congress will go along
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Greenland to Palau, including one on the discovery of a trove of mummified cats in Egypt.
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Abandoned projects and delayed research have become common problems as security issues crop up across the country
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The tool has already helped detect fake reports leading to the detention of several suspects across Spain
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Papua New Guinea to Kazakhstan, including one on the slow slide of Mount Etna in Italy.
A second wave of closures looms as the government funding fight barrels towards a record-breaking fourth week
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The end of guerrilla warfare has led to an increase in woodland conflagrations and deforestation
“Campesinos” are driving the evolution of maize in North America
The midterm elections will test whether science can transcend politics in the U.S.
Despite government efforts, mining has expanded into protected areas
The recent leak of 3,000 barrels of oil in Peru’s Amazon jungle will cause incalculable damage, according to scientists
