This diverse plant group includes numerous species of orchids ... Foundation looked into the effects of rapid warming for Andean cloud forests. What they found was alarming.

Researchers have captured footage of these bears making a wide range of vocalizations during their most intimate moments—the ...

If you ever find yourself wandering through the forests of Peru, you’re likely to notice a unique and colorful bird called ...

Silman and other scientists are attempting to catalog and understand the plant and animal life in Andean cloud ... species found nowhere else in the world—as the next place on the list, the ...

establishing the dwarf deer as an ambassador for Andean cloud forests and promoting the conservation of both the species and ...

But take a short drive and you’re in the middle of Andean greenery ... and the path leads you through a pristine cloud forest filled with orchids and birds. The hike takes about four to five ...

These include glacial and volcanic ecosystems, cloud forests, Amazon rainforest ... The park comprises two Endemic Bird Areas, the Central Andean páramo (home to some 11 bird species of restricted ...

The big, beautiful Andean flamingo is one of three flamingo species native to the Andes. A relatively long-lived bird, this flamingo can travel vast distances — from 200 to more than 700 miles in a ...

From jaguars and bears to 400 species of bird, the biodiversity is "astonishing". Most of the reserve is in a "cloud forest", where ... from the Andean mountains to a "single soldier ant ...

The big, beautiful Andean flamingo is one of three flamingo species native to the Andes. A relatively long-lived bird, this flamingo can travel vast distances — from 200 to more than 700 miles in a ...