“Your mission,” he told him, “is to care for, study, and protect the Polylepis forests of the Andes.” Aucca was taken aback. Aucca’s Quechua surname means “warrior,” but at that ...

Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling mountaintops can get cold. Animals there, including small amphibians far ...

But the beauty of these bouquets comes at a cost. In Colombia, high in the Andes Mountains, a delicate cloud forest is being chipped away at, fragmented and polluted, say environmentalists in the ...

"The Peruvian Andes are not prepared for wildfires," warns ... extensive experience studying wildfire impacts on Mediterranean forests, which have developed resilience strategies due to their ...

Deep in a tropical Ecuadorean Andes forest shrouded in darkness and mist, a future Case Western Reserve doctoral student and her biologist husband made an intriguing discovery: a nickel-sized frog ...

Paddington's in Peru! Here's what to pack and what to expect for your Amazon River cruise in Peru (and why you might not want to pay the premium for a balcony cabin).

The rainforest spreads over four different nations ... The source (start) of the Amazon River is in the Andes Mountain range in Peru. It flows northwards through Brazil with its mouth taking ...

But the beauty of these bouquets comes at a cost. In Colombia, high in the Andes Mountains, a delicate cloud forest is being chipped away at, fragmented and polluted, say environmentalists in the ...