High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

Uturuncu has been called a zombie volcano. This means that, "despite being technically dead," the volcano "shows signs of ...

Daniel Fernández, one of the 16 survivors of the tragic 1972 Andes plane crash, passed away on May 8 in Montevideo at the age ...

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in ...

Seven nations sharing world’s longest mountain range already impacted by climate change.

The volcano Uturuncu, located in the Central Andes mountains, has seemingly risen ... Sign up Volcanoes go through life cycles. They tend to "first experience a calamitous active phase, a more ...

The ocean hides mountains older than dinosaurs. Harder to explore than space, its depths hold ancient secrets the scientists ...

In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...