In a new study, researchers created the most detailed distribution map to date of butterflies in the American tropics, showing that areas of highest diversity coincide with regions most threatened by ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Andes mountains and their extensive foothills form one of the planet's most crucial water distribution networks, ...

How did the Andes – the world's longest mountain range – reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method developed by researchers at the University of ...

The Andes have been a mountain chain for much longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Bristol, UK suggests. The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby earth is ...

A new study found that Andean tropical glaciers have reached their lowest levels in 11,700 years, with drastic consequences for the Amazon due to the overlap of the two ecosystems. The findings come ...

On a clear day, Chile’s towering 5,400-meter El Plomo mountain can be seen from the capital, Santiago. The glacier-capped Andean peak has been climbed and revered for centuries, with the Incas ...

Since the 1950s, almost all of the world’s glaciers have been retreating, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is unprecedented in at least the last 2 ...

The snow-capped mountains in Colombia’s Andes range are rapidly melting due to climate change, says Yesid Achicue, an Indigenous mountain guide for local and international trekkers. He says this is ...