an ecologically significant area in the Peruvian Andes. Unlike Mediterranean ecosystems, where vegetation has evolved strategies to withstand fire, the volcanic soils of Arequipa—one of the drie ...

Few studies on the effects of foraging natural vegetation have been conducted in the northern Argentinean Andes, although this activity is frequently considered to be involved in the dragging of large ...

Sponsor Message Rodríguez lives in the Andes mountains of Cundinamarca, outside of the Colombian capital of Bogotá. More than 7,500 feet above sea level, the thick vegetation emerges out of the ...

The vicuña, a wild relative of the llama, could help reestablish plants in barren areas where glaciers have melted, according to a recent study in the high Andes of Peru. As vicuñas tend to poop ...