Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans 8900 kilometers along South America's western periphery, is up to 700 ...

developing solutions to today’s environmental challenges. On the windswept slopes of the Andes mountains, rugged forests grow. These exceptionally hardy trees and shrubs, known as Polylepis, have ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The snow-capped mountains in Colombia’s Andes range are rapidly melting due to climate change, says Yesid Achicue, an Indigenous mountain guide for ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

Hello, this is the Michinoku Herb Research Institute!The towering Andes Mountains and the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, known as the 'lungs of the Earth.'This land, both harsh and ...

Santiago, the capital of Chile, reveals a spectacular metropolitan landscape where illuminated glass skyscrapers rise against ...

Recent research by Bowling Green State University scientists has sent shockwaves through the bird-watching world after discovering atypical behavior in hummingbirds. Hummingbirds are often highly ...

A climber spotted a vast stone structure Earth, then trekked nearly four days to reach it. Archaeologists don't yet know who built it.

Reflecting on the story of the Uruguayan rugby players whose plane crashed in in 1972 emphasises the stark changes to the mountain range as it is seen today Ignacio Valenzuela Moraga was a child when ...