I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes. My optimism, my determination ...

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

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

Depending on the region, high altitude vineyards are typically defined ... in places like the Andes mountains, the numbers dramatically increase. Flatter regions at lower altitudes have a certain ...

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 ...

The Andes Mountains travel the western side of South America Unlike many other mountain ranges of their altitude the Andes do support human life on their high altitude slopes Modern life is slowly ...

Mountain Magic: Malbec Loves High Altitudes How do the Andes mountains help define Argentine Malbec? Winemaker Sebastián Zuccardi of Familia Zuccardi speaks to Wine Spectator's Kim Marcus about the ...

In a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin’s Proglacial Lab, Dr. Shaun Marcott’s team has discovered that tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains are now smaller ... The equatorial location ...