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As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the ...

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

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

High in the Andes Mountains, glaciers have fed life for centuries. Their frozen stores of water support millions of people ...

By Shanna Hanbury A massive oil spill in Ecuadorian Amazon, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple ...

Cuenca is located in the Andes mountains and has a population of about 600,000 people. Their interview has been edited for length and clarity. Stephen: I heard about Cuenca, Ecuador, as a place to ...

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 ...

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