The Latest Breaking News from Patagonia

The holidaymaker was hiking with friends in Argentina and Chile when the storm hit

Victoria Bond was killed in a ‘freak severe snowstorm’ in Chilean Patagonia.

Southern right whales, after coming back from the brink of extinction, are swimming in greater numbers off the coast of Argentina’s Patagonia this year

Species is second-largest predator known from Patagonian fossil site

Wildlife experts warn huge facility on the Valdés peninsula in Patagonia could be devastating for ‘a treasure chest of wildlife’

Glaciar Perito Moreno was once considered a rarity: one of Patagonia’s only stable glaciers. But scientists have found the glacier is now in sudden and probably irreversible retreat – and this collapse is a warning for the world’s remaining ice.

The first Welsh settlers landed on the shores of what is today the Province of Chubut, in Argentinean Patagonia, on 28 July 1865. Carried on the ship Mimosa, this was the first of a series of immigrant contingents to create the Welsh settlement known as Y Wladfa.

With hot weather on the horizon, I realised it was time to let my legs be free with a pair of hiking shorts for women

Jürgen Schulmeister is a wildlife guide and photographer based in Chile. He grew up in the heart of Patagonia and has spent almost two decades exploring its wild landscapes.