Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

A Wigan adventurer said he felt he was “cycling into treacle” as he faced extreme winds riding across South America and low ...

Mr. Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in the journal Ornithology in November, may be the first documented example of ...

The best moments of that trip had to do with inside jokes about unfriendly llamas, memories of camping above the clouds, and ...

Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

Llama-like vicuñas’ bathroom habits promote regrowth on barren glacier-ravaged landscapes In a nutshell Wild vicuñas in the Peruvian Andes create communal bathroom spots (latrines) that transform ...

Vicuña Wool – The Golden Fleece of the Andes Hailed as the world’s finest wool, vicuña fabric comes from the rare and protected vicuña, a relative of the alpaca found in the Andes Mountains ... a wild ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss. Climate ...

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.

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.

The Palisades fire has burned almost 24,000 acres through the Pacific Palisades and into the Santa Monica Mountains. The burn area covers several popular hiking spots, including Temescal Canyon ...