If anything, Chile is one of the biggest endemic countries in the world. Our natives have been around for the last 4,000 years and 80% of Chileans are mestizo [a person of mixed heritage].

The rediscovery of “one of the rarest and most elusive amphibians” in Chile is quite a tale. Philibert Germain, a scientist studying insects, visited a large estate in southern Chile in December 1893.

Hikers in Chile followed a reconstructed map of an 1893 expedition and found a species not seen since then, a study said. Photo from Correa, Riveros-Riffo and Donoso (2025) A Frenchman with a ...