A species of leaf-eared mouse, called Phyllotis vaccarum, has surprised scientists by making the summits of the Andes mountains its home. The mouse holds the record for the highest living mammal.

A bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region has overturned on a highway in the Andes Mountains, leaving at least 18 ...

Quinn Emanuel has taken its lawyers to an extravagant hiking excursion nearly every year since 1993. This year, 250 lawyers ...

The soil in high-elevation, cooler, drier tropical forests in the Colombian Andes stores more carbon from fires than lower, ...

Volcanic eruptions aren't just dramatic — they can be dangerous and far-reaching. Ash can ground planes, contaminate water, ...

Survivors of the 1972 Andes flight disaster have “no regrets” over resorting to cannibalism to fend off death long enough to be rescued.. Uruguayan Air Force flight 57 – a chartered trip ...

With peeling barstools, cheap beers and a well-worn pool table, America’s dive bars are the great equalizers. And one cozy Catskills spot just earned national recognition for getting it exactly right.

Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber, and Simon Gietl have opened a difficult, route in the Peruvian Andes that just may be the most ...

Fewer than six individuals of the new rare species have been found over the last 16 years despite targeted efforts to ...

Classic sweet and tangy cream cheese mints are elevated with a delightful surprise: a chocolatey Andes mint. These candies ...

The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and boasts some of the highest peaks. The range is also known for its volcanoes, ruins of long-ago civilizations and the source of a malaria ...

The Andes Hotel is not the honky-tonk I remember. Neither is the sleepy village of Andes, situated halfway between Woodstock and Cooperstown, about three hours from New York City.