Discover Latin America's most underrated natural wonders — from mirrored salt flats in Bolivia to jungle waterfalls in Paraguay.

This often overlooked peninsula in Patagonia, Argentina is famous for its outdoor adventures and marine life, especially ...

Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile, to molt and breed. However, in 2023, an outbreak of avian flu ...

In late 2023, bird flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died. It could ...

Peninsula Valdés, in the Argentine province of Chubut, is home to the largest continental colony of elephant seals in the world . By the end of 2023, it was approaching 60,000 individuals, when ...

Predicting HPAI epidemic impact on Southern Elephant Seals 17 April, 2025 A study published in Marine Mammal Science examines the profound implications of a recent outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza ...

How marine biologists are using elephant seals as nature's 'artificial intelligence' After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story.

In November of 2023, over 17,000 southern elephant seal pups were found dead on Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula.

An epidemic of avian flu in Patagonia appears to be on the decline after decimating southern elephant seal populations for the last year and half, with researchers finding no new cases in recent ...

Elephant seal numbers in Argentina remain low after a deadly H5N1 outbreak, highlighting the virus's dangerous adaptability. The sound of barking elephant seals can be heard once again along the ...