developing solutions to today’s environmental challenges. On the windswept slopes of the Andes mountains, rugged forests grow. These exceptionally hardy trees and shrubs, known as Polylepis, have ...

A controversial law to remove protections for the country's glaciers has passed, opening the doors for mining.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elizabeth Lavis planned to hike one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes for her birthday. She said she climbed too ...

There’s nothing better than being in the mountains. The air is fresh and cool. The scenery is like the Lord of the Rings movies. What could be better? Suddenly, the weather is changing. Fog hides ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

Cute and cuddly, the chinchilla is an adorable resident of the Andes Mountains, which it calls home. A member of the rodent family, the chinchilla derives its name from the Chincha people, an ...

Everyone loves a story of grit, survival and beating the odds, and Netflix's "Society of the Snow" is just that. The new film, which debuted on Netflix on Thursday, is based on doomed Flight 571, ...

The Andes Mountains near Santiago, Chile, reveal a breathtaking winter landscape where snow-covered peaks surround a ...