Map of transparent butterflies highlights biodiversity hotspot in the Andes Mountains Date: December 17, 2021 Source: Florida Museum of Natural History Summary: In a new study, researchers created ...

Analysis of the maps showed that the highest concentration of endemic birds and mammals was along a narrow band of the Andes mountains, between 2500 and 3000m above sea level.

Published as part of an article in the August 2016 edition of the journal Revista Brasileira de Geografia, the new map replaces the earlier, rather simple one from the 1940s, and highlights 35 ...

Analysis of the maps showed that the highest concentration of endemic birds and mammals was along a narrow band of the Andes mountains, between 2500 and 3000m above sea level.

Much is known about the rise of the central Andes mountains, but a new study of the eastern Andes in Colombia indicates that mountain building began much earlier there.

Flanked in the east by the looming ridge of the Andes Mountains and with the glacier-strewn mountains of Patagonia further south, the Chilean capital of Santiago makes for the perfect base from ...

Volunteers with the Andes Education Fund helped build a greenhouse for villagers living at an elevation of 12,500 feet in the Andes mountains.