Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as ...

For 130 years, a small Chilean frog vanished from scientific view. Biologists searched. Nature enthusiasts kept their eyes open. But Alsodes vittatus remained stubbornly invisible.

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Phase 1 of Expedition Squagua began in Sky's driveway and carried on through the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. He did, in fact, scale each ...

Recent research by Bowling Green State University scientists has sent shockwaves through the bird-watching world after ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away ...

See All Key Ideas Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador ... nearing completion of his book Birds of the High Andes, and Aucca, an experienced Indigenous guide ...