High in the Peruvian Andes, where clouds cling to steep slopes and moss drapes every branch, archaeologists have mapped more ...

Lepanthes nasariana, A newly discovered Andean orchid, is already losing its cloud-forest habitat as warming pushes it toward ...

Scientists in Peru recently attempted to get a look into the habits of one of the world's most elusive bear species — the Andean bear — by finding one and attaching a camera to it. The resulting look ...

A team of scientists from the Smithsonian Institute reported the discovery of the olinguito in the journal ZooKeys on Thursday. The mammal is a cousin of the raccoon and lives high in the cloud ...

Planet Money buys a "biodiversity credit" and travels to the Andean cloud forest in Colombia — to see how these credits work, and if they can really help save threatened species. Protecting endangered ...

If you’ve ever wanted to experience the world as a bear, then boy do we have a treat for you. Remarkable footage has captured ...

In the Andean region the ageless story of Juan Oso, a half-human and half-bear character, has been heard throughout generations. It is said that Juan lived all sad and alone in a dark cave, until the ...

Soaring over a dense canopy of trees, a flying, insect-like robot developed by Wake Forest researchers will give an unprecedented look at Peru's tropical cloud forest, one of the world's most ...

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