High up in the mountains of Venezuela, a “dwarf”-like creature tucked itself in for the night. The small animal was blanketed by the darkness and hidden in the leaves — but not well enough. When ...

Known for his humility, José Gregorio Hernández once said his true vocation was to heal not only the body but also the soul of his patients.

Urao is the only brackish continental lagoon in Latin America, significant for its minerals and the livelihoods it supports, but threatened by encroaching development in the Venezuelan state of Mérida ...

A plane crash in Venezuela claimed the lives of two people onboard ... and, the whole incident was captured on shocking video ...

How did the Andes -- the world's longest mountain range -- reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method may be able to answer. With unprecedented precision, ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

Can one of the world's grandest mountain ranges also hold the memories of a country, including wrenching brutality and loss? Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán takes on the world’s longest ...

Small mountain ponds high in the tropical Andes may be playing an outsized role in global climate change, according to new ...