The stunning moment group of climbers found 'perfectly preserved' Inca mummy in Andes
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 ...
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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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.
The condors appeared at 5,000 meters. They were not real. 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 ...
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These Are the Most Turbulent Flight Routes in the World—and No. 1 Flies Through Air Notoriously Called 'Mountain Wave'
The most turbulent flight is a one-hour journey from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile. The route passes over the Andes ...
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‘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 ...
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High in the Andes, a Possible Clue Into Blood Cancer Emerges
Aymarans, who live in the Andes mountain range of western South America, have evolved their own unique adaptation to life at the top of the world: They have high levels of hemoglobin, a protein ...
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The geography of South America
The source (start) of the Amazon River is in the Andes Mountain range in Peru. It flows northwards through Brazil with its mouth taking water into the Atlantic Ocean. Piranhas have adapted to live ...
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Explore mountains
The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are ...