Torrent ducks have to survive freezing temperatures on land and extreme heat in the water. Learn all about it on The Americas.

Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km². This ...

Four-eyed frog is the common name given to Pleurodema, a genus of frogs with characteristic poison glands which resemble eyes ...

Narrated by Tom Hanks, NBC's The Americas continues tonight with a new episode! Here's your preview/viewing guide for Ep. 6: ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the ...

Scientists are warning that the glaciers high up in the Andes Mountains are melting fast—and this could put the water supply ...

The most turbulent flight is a one-hour journey from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile. The route passes over the Andes mountain. A couple of jolts and bumps during a flight is expected ...

The Andes mountain range, located in South America ... Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Over the centuries, numerous civilisations have thrived in these rugged peaks, including ...

Chile, a long and skinny country spanning 4,300 km (2,672 miles) in length with an average width of 180 km (112 miles), has the Andes mountain range running all along its western border.

High in the Andes Mountains, glaciers have fed life for centuries. Their frozen stores of water support millions of people ...