High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop. At nearly 18,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes, wild camelids called vicuñas ...
Zongo Valley is nestled in the Andes It is covered by misty cloud forests and mountain peaks that measure 10,000 feet above sea level A team of researchers explored it, enduring its rough terrain The ...
DURHAM, N.C., April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based nonprofit Saving Nature has secured 865 acres in Colombia's Western Andes—an urgent step to protect one of the most biologically rich and ...
Jaguar in Madidi National Park (Photo by Mileniusz Spanowicz courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society) JEJU Island, South Korea, September 14, 2012 (ENS) – Jaguar and ocelots stalk the forest and harpy ...
In the shadow of Peru’s Andes Mountains, scientists have uncovered a previously unknown creature with striking red eyes and ...
Once thought to exclusively inhabit its namesake mountain range, the threatened Andean cat—a house cat-sized feline that resembles a small snow leopard in both appearance and habitat—also frequents ...
Two of the world’s most important crops — maize and potatoes — have a 7,000-year history in the Andes region of South America, where other “super foods” like quinoa, maca and amaranth are also native.
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