South America

A crew member on a fishing vessel suffered an accident while sailing more than 270 nautical miles from Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, and needed to be air-evacuated for treatment. (Argentine Naval Prefecture/Zenger)

VIDEO: Argentine Navy Airlifts Injured Fisherman For Emergency Care

The victim was taken to a tertiary-care hospital as he had sustained serious injuries in an accident on the ship.

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A 5.9-foot boa constrictor was found inside the fuel tank of a car in Planaltina, Brazil, on March 12. (BPMA/Zenger)

VIDEO: Brazilian Cop Pulls Huge Boa Constrictor From Innards Of Farmer’s Car

Barking dogs alerted the farmer to the snake as it entered his car's fuel tank.

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Paleontologists in Argentina found hundreds of pieces of bone, shown in this press release photo with the pen serving as a measurement guide, that had been embedded inside the skin of certain prehistoric giant sloths. (Paleontological Museum of San Pedro/Zenger)

Prehistoric Giant Sloths Had Chain-Mail Armor Of Bone Mesh To Stop Predators

Researchers in Argentina credit their relationship with the family that runs the quarry for being able to make the find.

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The multicolored orchid “Maxillaria anacatalina-portillae” was first discovered and photographed by Alex Portilla in November 2003. Cultivated by Ecuadorian firm Ecuagenera, it has recently been recognized as a novel species. (Alex Portilla)

New Orchid Species Discovered In Ecuador’s Cloud Rainforest

First collected and cultivated by a private company, the orchid is found only in a small corner of the Andes.

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International law enforcement agencies including the FBI, coordinating with Europol, dismantled a drug-trafficking group that distributed cocaine in Europe, making 45 arrests across several countries. (Spanish Civil Guard/Zenger)

VIDEO: FBI And International Law Enforcement Smash Cocaine-Trafficking And Money-Laundering Network

Albanian-speaking operation said to have flooded Europe with cocaine.

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Peru's National Police arrested four suspected members of the “Chuckys de la Amistad” (Brotherhood of Chuckys) car-theft gang, and found an altar with a Chucky doll, from the “Child's Play” film franchise. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood)

Peru Cops Bust Car-Theft Gang And Find Them Worshipping Chucky Doll For Protection

The alleged gang members had set up an altar for the doll alongside toy cars and candles.

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Police seized liquid cocaine located inside 19,780 coconuts in a container in the port of Cartagena, Colombia, headed for Genoa, Italy. (Colombian Prosecutor's Office/Zenger)

Coke-A-Nut: Cops Bust Colombian Drug Smugglers With 20,000 Coconuts Filled With Cocaine

504 canvas bags contained the coconuts that were destined for Geno, Italy.

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A rescued turtle is returned to the sea on the beaches of San Clemente, Argentina, as part of a project of the Mundo Marino Foundation. (Mundo Marino Foundation/Zenger)

VIDEO: Sea Turtle That Expelled Over 10 Different Types Of Plastic Is Returned To Sea

Two green and four loggerhead turtles were treated and rehabilitated back to good health.

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One of the 43 giant tortoises born and raised in the Arnaldo Tupiza breeding center on Isabela Island is released to its natural habitat in an area of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Galápagos Islands. (Gustavo Manrique, Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition/Zenger)

VIDEO: 43 Endangered Giant Tortoises Released In Their Natural Galapagos Habitat

The tortoises, which were born and raised in a breeding center, now live in a remote area near &ZeroWidthSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace;the Sierra Negra volcano.

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