Health & Science

• Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  Peru: Scientists extracting skeleton of 20-million-year-old bird

  

  A team of Peruvian researchers has discovered the perfectly preserved fossil of a new, giant seabird species believed to be 20 million years old. The skeleton, found in the Ocucaje Desert in the department of Ica, is similar in size to a modern condor. In principle, the specimen is believed to belong to a species never before studied.

• Friday, August 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil sign across-the-border health agreement

  

  Health Ministers Cristina Lustemberg of Uruguay and Alexandre Padilha of Brazil have signed an agreement to create a binational health commission to improve healthcare services in their border regions.

• Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 01:06 UTC

  Falklands offers opportunity to engage with the KEMH Maternity Review

  

  The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is offering the opportunity for those with experience of using maternity services in the Falkland Islands to engage with the upcoming maternity review.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Uruguay: Falkor resumes mission after repairs

  

  The Uruguay Sub200 expedition has resumed its study of the Uruguayan continental seabed after a technical fault forced its research vessel, the Falkor, to return to the port of Montevideo. By late Tuesday, the Falkor was due in Punta del Este.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

  Research vessel Falkor (too) halts Uruguay expedition after technical failure

  

  The Falkor (too), research vessel of the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), returned to Montevideo on Monday after suffering a malfunction in the early days of its “Visualizing the Deep off Uruguay” (Uruguay SUB200) expedition.

• Monday, August 25th 2025 - 21:14 UTC

  Chile halts poultry imports from Argentina due to avian flu

  

  Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has ordered the temporary suspension of chicken imports from Argentina due to an outbreak of “highly pathogenic avian influenza” (HPAI) at a commercial poultry facility in the neighboring country.

• Sunday, August 24th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Given scarce resources, Darwin Plus is contacting directly on Round 13 shortlisted projects

  

  The UK government Darwin Plus grants scheme helps deliver long-term strategic outcomes for the unique biodiversity, the natural environment and improving resilience to climate change within the UK Overseas Territories.

• Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 20:50 UTC

  Brazil: Over 350 dead Magellanic penguins found

  

  Over 350 Magellanic penguins were found lifeless along the coast of Ilha Comprida in São Paulo, Brazil, the Cananéia Research Institute (IPeC) announced this week. The birds, discovered over four consecutive days, were in an advanced state of decomposition, which made it impossible to determine the exact cause of death.

• Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 20:02 UTC

  New Covid-19 variants detected in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has confirmed the circulation in the country of the new Covid-19 “Frankenstein” (XFG) and “Nimbus” (NB.1.8.1) variants. The discovery was made through the country's genomic surveillance system after analyzing samples from sentinel centers.

• Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:25 UTC

  Scientists on a joint expedition to “visualize the deep off the Uruguayan coast”

  

  This Next Friday August 22nd, R/V Falkor (too) from the California based Schmidt Ocean Institute, departs with a team of scientists from Uruguay’s main University for a month long expedition to “visualize the deep off the Uruguayan coast”.