Colombian biologist Jean Paul Delgado dropped plans to sequence the genome of Bolitoglossa ramosi because of burdensome regulations.

Colombian scientists are cautiously optimistic after the country’s Senate voted to create the nation’s first Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The Spanish government has passed reforms to the nation’s scientific system that will cut red tape and make life easier for researchers — especially parents.

Three months after the European Union’s top court gave gene-edited crops the same stringent legal status as GMOs, researchers world-wide feel the pinch.

Scientists led by an Australian entomologist have been working on a novel concept to eliminate Dengue by breeding and releasing thousands of them.

The Northern Territory's Daly River region is 17,000 kilometres away from Colombia, but now knowledge gleaned from the traditional land-holders is helping influence shape global biodiversity policy.

The Cenicafe research institute is ground zero for an evolutionary and economic arms race to keep coffee flowing from Colombia into consumers' cups across the world.

The UK space agency has awarded almost £4 million to a group of Colombian scientists to use drones, satellites and the Internet Of Things (IOT).

When a Chinese spacecraft successfully signalled from the far side of the moon this week, the country’s state media lauded the achievement as a huge stride.

A space program for Bolivia might seem a low priority given the South American nation's internal challenges of poverty, inequality and lack of infrastructure - Enter China, hungry for Lithium.

An alliance of scientists, indigenous peoples and religious leaders met in Colombia in November to determine how church leaders can help drive environmental policy.

Keeping an eye on what is going on out in the vast countryside of Colombia’s palm oil plantations is a challenge. But that may be about to change.

A growing body of research suggests newly post-conflict areas provide a golden opportunity to tackle the challenge of deforestation.

The promotion of breastfeeding as a scientifically sound and cheap way to fight childhood malnutrition has been dealt a blow after allegations of US govt interference.

In the balmy, rich waters of the Gulf of Panama, hundreds of humpback whales gather to feed and mate. But this sunny spot is also the Pacific end of the Panama Canal.

CERN may be home to the LHC, but it also hosts an experiment offering the first real data on how Cosmic Rays affect the Earth's climate.

The South American country of Colombia has been rocked by graphic images on the news and social media of a dead Andean (or Spectacled) Bear

The first PurpleAir Pollution Sensor in Latin America has gone online in Medellin, Colombia, transmitting air quality data to the world

Seven weeks after he was plucked from the water at Moreton Island suffering horrific shark bite injuries, Nari the wild Tangalooma dolphin returned home last night in a style befitting an adventurous teen; plenty of fuss, worried family hovering close by and under police escort.

The chief chemical investigator into the Exxon Valdez has vindicated the Queensland Government's response to the oil spill in Moreton Bay two weeks ago.