‘Cryptic’ mountain creature with ‘blue’ bones discovered as new species in Ecuador
As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...
Hummingbirds in Andes Mountains found nesting in colonies, defying territorial norms
Recent research by Bowling Green State University scientists has sent shockwaves through the bird-watching world after ...
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High in the Andes, a Possible Clue Into Blood Cancer Emerges
Over thousands of years, evolution has helped the Aymara people of the high plains of Andes mountains adjust to altitudes as high as 14,400 feet (2.75 miles) above sea level. This indigenous ...
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Is ‘Yellowjackets’ based on a true story? Everything to know about the plane crash that inspired the series
“Yellowjackets” was partly inspired by the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had the Uruguayan amateur rugby team on board when it went down in the Andes mountains. On Oct. 13 ...
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I hiked a mountain in the Andes to celebrate my 40th birthday. The hallucinations and violent vomiting that followed weren't part of the plan.
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 ...
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What it’s like for Californians caught in the Patagonia forest fires
EL BOLSÓN, Argentina — A freakish red sun burst through enormous red-tinged mushroom-shaped clouds billowing smoke as we rattled down the dirt roads in the foothills of the Andes mountains ...