Claudio reyes/AFP The discarded plastic bags are a problem for wildlife In August, Chile became the first country in Latin America to ban stores from handing out free plastic bags to shoppers.

Forest fires that have killed 26 people and left thousands homeless in central and southern Chile have also threatened the lives of animals. Domestic animals and those native to the woodland have ...

a marine protected area in Chile’s extreme south. At 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) depth, they found a large number of red hydrocorals, which are colonial marine animals that resemble, but are distinct ...

For The Deep episode, we wanted to spend time with these animals in THEIR world – the ... named – the Humboldt current off the coast of Chile. Joe Treddenick, our researcher, went out to ...

And he added that they are not being used in Chile because “vaccines do not cure infected animals and only slow down the spread of the virus.” There is still no evidence that avian flu is ...