The Andes Mountains stretch over 7,000 kilometres along the western coast of South America, cradling a remarkable diversity ...

Venture into the heart of the Andes and experience the majesty of Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Southern and Western Hemispheres. This cinematic journey captures the raw beauty and brutal reality ...

Chimborazo is only the 39th tallest mountain in the Andes, when measured from sea level, but there was a brief time in the 19th century when it was thought to be the world’s highest peak.

The Polylepis tree sustains the Andes and the Amazon. To preserve these priceless landscapes, a pioneering biologist has planted millions of them.

The Americas Season 1 Episode 7: "The Andes" – Earth's longest mountain range; baby bears make treacherous descents, rare hummingbirds compete for mates, frogs freeze and revive, and lizards ...

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 ...

The Furthest Point On Earth From Its Center Is On The 37th Highest Mountain In The Andes If you go there, you'll be the closest you can stand on Earth to the stars.

The Tiwanaku civilization thrived high in the Andes Mountains long before the Inca Empire started. Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 ...

On This Day: Plane crash strands rugby team in Andes On Oct. 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 people, including a rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes mountains.