A new study reveals the extreme vulnerability of the Arequipa shrublands to these blazes, with severe soil degradation ...

Aconcagua:  The Seven Summits During the winter months, climbing season transitions to the southern hemisphere, which includes Aconcagua, the highest mountain i ...

In September 2018, a wildfire burned nearly two thousand hectares of shrubland on the Pichu Pichu volcano, an ecologically ...

A land of complete contrast with dramatic landscapes, lush rainforests, snow-capped mountains, active volcanoes and hardly ...

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

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

By Kathy Perschmann At 2 p.m., every Sunday this month, there is music at the Chanhassen Library, as part of the “Music in March” series. Sunday, March 4, Kathy and Leo Lara perform music of the ...

The view outside from this eco-hotel in northern Ecuador reveals vast hillsides still scarred by fires. In late January 2024, large flames roared past the wooden cabins that make up the Polylepis ...

South American Breakup and Andean Torque Deformation. Open Journal of Geology, 15, 69-86. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2025.152003 .

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stephen and Joanna Vargha, a married couple who moved from North Carolina to Cuenca, Ecuador, in 2020 after retiring early. Cuenca is located in ...