The páramo covers slopes above 10,000 feet in elevation all over the Andes Mountains, and acts like a giant sponge absorbing ...

Four-eyed frog is the common name given to Pleurodema, a genus of frogs with characteristic poison glands which resemble eyes ...

The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and perched on some plants. Its “leather”-patterned eyes scanned its surroundings ...

The founder of The North Face and the CEO of Patagonia bought more land than anyone else to donate to natural parks. Ten ...

Torrent ducks have to survive freezing temperatures on land and extreme heat in the water. Learn all about it on The Americas.

They’d never even visited Ecuador before, but Brittany and Blake Bowen, both from the United States, decided to move to the ...

The documentary tells the stories of two states with a major stake in the plastics economy: Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The ...

The declaration of the World Day for Glaciers, on March 21, is a global call to action as protecting glaciers is protecting ...

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland and Alaska have experienced ... than 30 bridges ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, home to the world's largest ice reserves outside the Arctic and Antarctic, is ...

The disappearance of glaciers will affect freshwater supplies, particularly in Central Asia and the central Andes ... grow higher up in the mountains, while for some plants, "it will be too ...