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 ...

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 ...

Jim Weinman was a skilled mountaineer and extreme adventure who grew up in Clifton Park and went missing at age 32 on a solo ice climb in the Andes Mountains on June 3, 2000. His remains were ...

In the Maule Valley of the southern Andes Mountains, a river cuts through the landscape and ebbs and flows around the peaks. The water provides life for the region, not only for the local creatures, ...

Find out how to survive if lost in the Andes Mountains.

After hiding in the shadows, a long-lost frog is giving conservationists a glimmer of hope in Ecuador. Back in 2022, biologist Juan Sánchez-Nivicela and his team navigated through dense vegetation on ...

In a valley in the Andes, a fluorescent creature was discovered as a new species. Ojanguren-Affilastro AA, Alfaro FM, Iuri HA, Camousseigt-Montolivo B, Pizarro-Araya J (2025) Zoosystematics and ...