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 ...

In a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin’s Proglacial Lab, Dr. Shaun Marcott’s team has discovered that tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains are now smaller than they have been at any ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

The Andes mountain range, stretching over 8,900 kilometers along South America's western edge, serves as the continent's primary water tower. This massive mountain system supplies fresh water to ...

Deep in the Andes mountains, the weathered walls of an ancient town poke out from the dried dirt. The ruins were discovered in the northern Argentinian Hualfin Valley by archaeologists in the 1920s, ...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel and Chaya Mushka Tzikvashvili have established Chabad of Pisac, a mountain village located 45 minutes from Cusco and a popular stop for Israeli backpackers traveling through ...

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) offers new insights into cosmic expansion and dark energy, gathered over six years and 758 ...