Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans ...

Paleontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the remote Andes of Argentina, unearthing one of the world’s oldest ...

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 ...

Paleontologists may have discovered when plant-eating dinosaurs evolved their long necks after a new species of ...

This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world ...

Nestled in the heart of South America, the southern Chilean Andes offer travelers a remarkable journey through pristine landscapes and cultural treasures. The Cruce Andino, or Andean Crossing, serves ...

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally ...

In the forests of the eastern Andes, a gray bird with black “goggles” flies through the trees. Ani Fsc via Unsplash When a bird quickly flies across your view, it can be nearly impossible to look at ...

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in a remote location in Chile’s Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972—and those who made it through the crash would need to resort to desperate measures to survive ...