Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping ...

Groundbreaking new research identifies the Andes as the origin of the Irish potato famine pathogen, reshaping efforts to ...

Begin at the Independence Square, where, alongside the Presidential Palace stands the Metropolitan Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace. In front of the center of the square is the Monumento a la ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed the Andes Mountains as the birthplace of the infamous Irish ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, originated.

By depositing substantial piles of dung, vicuñas are speeding up plant colonization on freshly deglaciated terrain.