The first of three maps "visualizing the progress of President-Elect Herbert Hoover around South America appears this week in TIME. The Hoover Odyssey is chronicled in National Affairs. Lands ...

With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America.

The same forces that formed the Andes Mountains produced the magnitude 8 earthquake that struck Peru's southern desert region Wednesday ...

China's growing presence in the Western Hemisphere is a threat to the United States, the U.S. State Department has told Newsweek in unusually stark comments. America's top diplomat, Secretary of ...

Sunglint and clouds off Western South America are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member on the International Space Station.

Leaders of the global South have long accused Western countries of hypocrisy, and their complaints seem to grow louder by the day. These leaders feel emboldened to challenge Western dominance because ...

Columbus wasn't the first person to discover America. Use this map to type in your address and discover what indigenous groups lived there previously.

Viper’s DNA Reveals Ancient Map of South America Although vipers are famous for their venomous bites, it turns out these snakes have another story to tell.