You can't ride all the way to Machu Picchu but this trek through the Sacred Valley of the Incas puts you close. Here's what you'll see along the way.
For 130 years, a small Chilean frog vanished from scientific view. Biologists searched. Nature enthusiasts kept their eyes open. But Alsodes vittatus remained stubbornly invisible.
Understanding the geological puzzle behind the Amazon’s reversed ... The key turning point probably happened when the Andes ...
Understanding the geological puzzle behind the Amazon’s reversed flow offers ... The key turning point probably happened when the Andes mountains began their dramatic rise, blocking any westward route ...
Getty Images/iStockphoto Throughout the cloud forests of the Ecuadorian Andes, researchers hung nearly invisible “mist” nets between the trees hoping to catch an elusive “woolly” species ...
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 ...