Discover how the endangered long-tailed chinchilla survives in the Andes Mountains while facing ongoing threats from illegal ...

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 ...

How did the Andes -- the world's longest mountain range -- reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method may be able to answer. With unprecedented precision, ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

"Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its accurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team. The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A ...

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The future of Argentina's economy lies buried under the ground at over 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) in the Andes, according to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Most of the Northern Hemisphere has been swaddled in the oppressive heat of summer for nearly two months, but south of the equator, high up in the ...

Mountain biking is one of the better ways to explore the outdoors. It's faster than hiking, so you can cover much more ground and see more incredible sights. A group of three mountain biking pros ...

The foothills of the Andes Mountains near the southern coast of Peru were captured by the Kompsat-2 satellite, as seen in this cool space wallpaper. The Andes stretch from Venezuela down South America ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air ...