Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling mountaintops can get cold. Animals there, including small amphibians far from their tropical rainforest relatives, have to be built to withstand ...

Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish conquered Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned, and the ...

HUARAZ, Peru - In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight tainted by ...

Develop forest management systems that support the conservation and use of forest ecosystem services There are concerns about deterioration of ecosystem functions in mountain forest ecosystems from ...

In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight tainted by fears of a growing ...