Firefighters are making progress against a major blaze in one of Chile`s most spectacular national parks, the government said on Sunday, and the Israeli tourist accused of setting the fire denied g
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Bolivia on Tuesday and was also felt in Peru and Chile, but the epicenter was deep underground and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The US Geographical Survey said the quake's epicenter was 345 miles (556 kilometers) underground and located 37 miles south-southwest of Trinidad, the capital of Bolivia's northern Beni region.
Parasitoid disturbance populations in agroecosystems can be maintained through the provision of habitat refuges with host resources. However, specialized herbivores that feed on different host plants have been shown to form host-specialized races. Parasitoids may subsequently specialize on these herbivore host races and therefore prefer parasitizing insects from the refuge, avoiding foraging on the crop.
BHP Billiton moved closer to an estimated $20 billion to $30 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine after winning environmental approvals on Monday for the project in the dese
Climate change appears to be forcing many of the world's creatures to migrate to more favourable locales up to three times faster than previously believed, a study said on August 18.
A virus that has killed millions of salmon in Chile and ravaged the fish farming industry there was probably brought over from Norway, a major salmon producer has acknowledged.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Chilean coast Friday, about 88 kilometres south-southwest of the port city of Valparaiso, US seismologists said.
The earthquake's epicentre was at a depth of 23 km, and hit at around 8:26pm local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
No immediate damage or casualties were reported, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre had not yet rele
