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Reiche came to Peru from Germany in the 1930s as a tutor and eventually dedicated her life to documenting the Nasca lines. |
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Scientists have recovered the fossil skeleton of a young plesiosaur, a marine reptile that lived some 70 million years ago, in Antarctica. |
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It seems best to play it cool if you want to see a penguin. |
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At one end of Latin America, a right-wing former dictator is dead. At the other, a left-wing dictator is deeply ill, entering his final days. |
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The creation of more than 16 million hectares of new protected areas in Brazil’s north is a significant step for conservation in the Amazon, says WWF-Brazil. |
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In the frigid waters off Argentina's southern Valdés Peninsula, the southern right whale is under attack from an odd-sounding predator: the seemingly docile seagull. |
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A complex of tombs recently discovered under a pyramid in Peru offers landmark clues to a thousand-year-old pre-Incan culture, archaeologists report. |
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The Belize Zoo has developed an international reputation for its conservation programs. It's charming and whimsical, with hand-written signs, and well laid out. It also offers the only realistic opportunity to see many of Belize's distinctive animal treasures. |
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Twenty-to participants from Belize and Guatemala including gathered for a two day session at Las Cuevas Research station with the primary objective of developing a bi-national work plan directed to better protect the Chiquibul forest which is shared by both countries. |
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New Key to Costa Rica covers all the bases from the practical details of deciding when and where to go to tips on learning Spanish and volunteer vacations. |
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Several of American Airlines most popular destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean have been put on sale for customers wishing to travel in the early part of the year. |
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Several of American Airlines most popular destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean have been put on sale for customers wishing to travel in the early part of the year. |
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (CNN) -- Costa Rica is a magnet for international tourists and the Central American state's astonishing geographical and biological diversity -- packed into an area just slightly bigger than Switzerland -- means many are attracted by the great outdoors. |
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Ron Appelbaum, a local Jewish photographer and videographer for the past 27 years, has released a DVD of his trip last December to the Galapagos Islands and to Peru. |
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We chose three very different locales: Cocoa Island, the Maldives; the Republic of Yap, Micronesia; and the Galapagos Islands |
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Critics have said Brazil just wants to get paid for protecting the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest and home to maybe a quarter of all species on earth. |
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Per capita, Chile is the number-one consumer of ice cream in Latin America and number ten in the world, according to the Chilean government. |
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That's the way things stand for Gregg Treinish and Deia Schlosberg, a Leadville couple currently hiking through the Andes Mountains in South America. |
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CAYE CAULKER, Belize, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A rainbow-hued parrot fish nibbles on a veined purple sea fan in the tranquil waters of Belize's barrier reef, the |
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CARAL, Peru -- A sudden wind gust blows eerily down from rocky Andean foothills, kicking up a cinnamon-colored cloud over the moonscape of ruins that is the oldest city in the Americas. |
