Hummingbirds in Andes Mountains found nesting in colonies, defying territorial norms
Recent research by Bowling Green State University scientists has sent shockwaves through the bird-watching world after ...
‘Cryptic’ mountain creature with ‘blue’ bones discovered as new species in Ecuador
As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...
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These Are the Most Turbulent Flight Routes in the World—and No. 1 Flies Through Air Notoriously Called 'Mountain Wave'
At No. 1 is the flight between Mendoza, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile, which has an eddy dissipation rate (EDR)—EDR is a ...
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High in the Andes, a Possible Clue Into Blood Cancer Emerges
Over thousands of years, evolution has helped the Aymara people of the high plains of Andes mountains adjust to altitudes as high as 14,400 feet (2.75 miles) above sea level. This indigenous ...
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I hiked a mountain in the Andes to celebrate my 40th birthday. The hallucinations and violent vomiting that followed weren't part of the plan.
I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes. My optimism, my determination ...