Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans 8900 kilometers along South America's western periphery, is up to 700 ...

UAF research assistant professor Pascal Buri, left, holds a drone ready for flying in the Valais region of the Swiss Alps in August 2021. The fieldwork contributed to the recently published research ...

Understand the unique features of animal footprints around the world, focusing on one representative animal from various taxonomic groups.

Scientists have documented this remarkable concentration of amphibian diversity throughout the mountain range.One-third of the known salamander species are found in North America; the highest ...

Even the most experienced mountaineers are stunned that Kilian Jornet could climb so many 14,000-foot peaks in such a short time.