A 200-mile stretch of the Andes running through Ecuador can be zipped through in about 4 hours. But why would you with such ...

The Andes mountains and their extensive foothills form one of the planet's most crucial water distribution networks, functioning like an enormous natural reservoir system that sustains river flows ...

A new scientific study by researchers from the University of Liège (Belgium) shows that rivers in the Andean mountains contribute 35% and 72% of riverine emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and methane ...

Pacific absolute plate-motion change as obtained from a hotspot reference frame (red; from Wessel and Kroenke (2008)) versus as obtained from RPM analysis (blue; fixed Eurasia plate). Map shows the 30 ...

The Andes Mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for plant and vertebrate species in the world. But the forest that climbs up this mountain range provides another ...

Sprawling across the Andean mountain border between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is a popular spot with travelers who visit the floating reed islands of the Uru people, or the religious festivals ...

The Andes Mountains are much taller than plate tectonic theories predict they should be, a fact that has puzzled geologists for decades. Mountain-building models tend to focus on the deep-seated ...

How did the Andes – the world's longest mountain range – reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method developed by researchers at the University of ...

Hundreds of people in Bolivia hire Andean spiritual guides to perform rituals every August, the month of "Pachamama," or Mother Earth, according to the worldview of the Aymara, an Indigenous people of ...