Growing up to 5,000 meters above sea level, they are the highest-altitude trees in the world and are known to absorb and retain water from clouds and the Andes’ melting glaciers. Slowly ...

The ancient mountains of the Andes are home to spectacled bears, pumas and the magnificent Andean condor. They’re also home to forests of lesser-known but critically important polylepis – known as ...

The driver of the vehicle, Harland Dye, 43, of Delancy and the passenger, Kate Cornellus-Schecter, 34, of Brooklyn were taken ...