The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America and the Atlantic Ocean is to the north and east. South America contains twelve countries in total. These include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile.

Tharp was a pioneering cartographer and geologist whose meticulous maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor revealed the unseen and ...

Once found in the jungles of Africa, researchers in South America have now discovered links tying these extinct primates to the continent—painting an incredible story of survival against the odds.