These cute animals inhabit the rocky slopes and grassy plains of the Andes Mountains, where they seek refuge in crags and crevices to escape predators and harsh weather conditions. These types of ...

The Andes are the world's longest mountain range ... I’m heading to the top of Mount Elbert, the tallest of all the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains, or Rockies for short, is a mountain ...

Turbulence is increasingly common and never fun. Tracker site Turbli has just revealed the world’s most turbulent flight ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

In parts of the Andes and other mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains, many people depend on mountain snow and glacier runoff for water. It is estimated that shrinking glaciers and snow ...

Current projects include the Rocky Mountains, Ecuadorian and Bolivian Andes, and Central Asian areas of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, and China. Leopold M, Williams MW, Caine N, Volkel J, Dethier D. (2011).

Location Native to the high-altitude Andes Mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Adaptation Thrives in rocky, arid environments with low oxygen and intense UV exposure. Resin content High resin ...