Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling mountaintops can get cold. Animals there, including small amphibians far from their tropical rainforest relatives, have to be built to withstand ...

Vinicunca, a Quechua word, translates to "coloured mountain". It's also known as the mountain of seven colours ...

PISAC, Peru (JTA) — About 20 miles northeast of the tourist capital of Cusco, the small Peruvian town of Pisac sits nestled among the verdant Andes Mountains. Lined with cobblestone streets and ...

Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest waterfall. The Andes mountains are in seven different countries in South America: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

they are trying to scale eight mountains above 6000m in the Andes. For themselves, but also and in particular as a mark of emancipation. These women are members of the Aymara, the indigenous ...

Develop forest management systems that support the conservation and use of forest ecosystem services There are concerns about deterioration of ecosystem functions in mountain forest ecosystems from ...