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 ...

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

After years of research, experts have produced data that demonstrate unusual social nesting among hummingbirds.

Fragile highland ecosystems showed low resilience to fire, which renders them more vulnerable to long-term degradation.

Alongside a mountain road in northern Venezuela, a venomous creature tucked up its 1-foot-long body and hid under a rock to wait for nightfall. The lurking animal caught the attention of passing ...

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

The most turbulent flight is a one-hour journey from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile. The route passes over the Andes ...

Animal dung in the Andes Mountains in Peru is helping to transform soil recently uncovered by melting glaciers, according to ...

The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...