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South American Songbird Hailed as Most Expert Musician of the Animal Kingdom (LISTEN)

When it comes to keeping time, an unassuming species of songbird is on a par with professional musicians, according to an audio analysis. The study...

Shakira Built 7 Schools in the Poorest Areas of South America

Colombian-born musician Shakira is being hailed for helping to build a seventh school in the poorest districts of South America. Her organization, the Pies Descalzos Foundation,...

Gorgeous Jewelry Made From Fruit Sustains South American Women In Fair Trade

Fair Trade Jewelry has become a popular movement in recent years, but one group of women is doing something especially delicious–with a twist. A collection...

Women Help Keep Peace as Defense Ministers in South America

Fully one-third of the leaders of defense for South American countries are now women. They are talking peace and justice in countries once plagued...

Responsible Forest Management in South America

Georgetown, Guyana — In a record-setting accomplishment for tropical forest conservation, Barama Company announced that 570,000 hectares (about 2,200 square miles) of Barama's forests in...

29-Year-old Becomes First American Woman to Race a Sailboat Solo Around the World

A 29-year-old woman has become the first woman to race non-stop around the Earth when she arrived in A Coruna, Spain, on Thursday. Captaining her...

These Are the 20 Best Cities in America By the Numbers… 7 Are in California and 7 in the Midwest

As the International Day of Happiness approaches on March 20, an interesting comparison of cities in the US was published, which provides helpful benchmarks...

Unprecedented Gift Preserves 8,000 Acres of ‘The Land Between the Rivers’ in Alabama: ‘America’s Amazon’

When considering the great victories of America's conservationists, we tend to think of the sights and landscapes emblematic of the West, but there's also...

The Tallest Building in America May Soon Be in… Oklahoma?

You may be as surprised as we were to learn the tallest building in America may soon reach for the skies in Oklahoma City,...

Rare Annular Solar Eclipse Transfixes Crowds Across the Americas – LOOK

(Reuters) - Thousands of people across the Americas gazed at the heavens on Saturday to witness a rare phenomenon known as an annular solar...

The Largest Landfill in Latin America has Been Turned into a Mangrove Forest

At nearly 150 acres, the Jardim Gramacho landfill in Rio de Janeiro was one of the largest and most infamous in all of Latin...

After 20 Years He Finally Spotted the Elusive North American Butterfly Beauty in a Nearby Bog

At times it can seem that some humans are just born to play the piano or run long distances, but natural talent isn't limited...

Scientists Discover Butterflies Originated in America 100 Million Years Ago When Upstart Moths Wanted to Bask in the Sun

Scientists completed a vast evolutionary jigsaw puzzle in 4D—and they discovered that butterflies originated in America around 100 million years ago. They determined that it...

Americans Who Took-in Stranded Koreans During Christmas Blizzard Just Flew Over the Ocean to Visit Their House

During the record-setting blizzard in New York state last winter, a tour bus of South Korean visitors to our shores found hospitality with two...

North America’s Only Native Stork Poised to Fly off the Endangered Species List

After teetering on the edge of extinction almost 50 years ago, the wood stork is now widespread across the southeastern US, and is preparing...

Americas’ Oldest Spear Points Discovered in Idaho Look Like Ones From Japan 16,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists have uncovered weapon points that are thousands of years older than any others previously found in the Americas. Researchers from Oregon State University have...

Man Finding an American Lion Tooth Fossil in Shallow Mississippi is ‘the Biggest of Deals‘ to Scientists

Locals are discovering all kinds of weird things preserved in the mud of a drought-stricken Mississippi River, but the mandible and canine of an...

300 Epic Ancient Murals ‘Unique in the World’ Depict Creation Myths on Texas Rock: ‘Oldest Books in North America’

Down in southwest Texas, a unique-in-the-world style of ancient rock art is bringing to life a culture of hunter-gatherers with a penchant for incredible...

Incredible Discovery Beneath the Southern Amazon Reveals Urban-Agrarian Society Never Seen Before

Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. If one searches “Casarabe Culture” in a search engine,...

GNN is Featured in Major Exhibit on Compassion in One of America’s Favorite Museums

On the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore sits one of the most unforgettable museums you’ll ever visit, and now you can see GNN's work...