LA PAZ (Reuters) – A scientific expedition high in the Bolivian Andes revealed 20 species new to science, including “lilliputian frog” plus four rediscovered species including the “devil-eyed frog” ...

A team of 17 researchers spent two weeks in the Bolivian Andes assessing the ecosystem. They found 20 new species never before identified in science. The effort was part of Conservation ...

Several teams have attempted Khurdopin Sar in the Karakoram, but a French pair who showed up without fixed plans finally ...

Conventional wisdom says a river's flood plain builds bit by bit, flood after flood, whenever the stream overflows its banks and deposits new sediment on the flood plain. But for some vast waterways ...

Imagine it’s 1,000 years ago, you’re somewhere in the Andes mountains, and you’ve taken the psychotropic substance ayahuasca. According to a chemical analysis led by a University of California, ...

A group of Bolivian women is currently attempting to to climb eight mountains over 6000m in the Andes. Aged up to 50 and wearing their traditional dress, for years they have worked as cooks or porters ...

A group of Bolivian protesters is making its way from Cochabamba to the capital, La Paz, in order to demand more government support for the disabled. The protesters are making a 144-mile trek through ...

Climate change is projected to have a strongly negative effect on water supplies in the arid mountains of South America, significantly impacting millions of people. As one of the poorest countries in ...

Calling out greetings in her Aymara language, a herdswoman limped as she approached our campsite, where we were sipping hot tea and stamping our feet against the morning chill. At almost 15,500 feet ...