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 ...

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 ...

Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya (pictured) and researchers in Manu National Park, Peru used trail cameras and camera collars to learn more about an elusive Andean species. Pablo Durana National Geographic ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A cloud forest reserve was recently created in the Andes of southern Ecuador to help conserve the range-restricted Endangered Red-faced Parrot by improving its habitat connectivity. Endangered ...

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Vol. 17, No. 2 (15 November 2023), pp. 457-486 (30 pages) Siempre Verde Reserve is located in Imbabura Province, Ecuador, in the northwestern ...

Camera collar footage is unveiling the secret lives of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), South America’s only surviving ursid. A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, courting ...

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - A colorful new bird has been discovered in a previously unexplored Andean cloud forest, conservation groups said Monday. The bright yellow and red-crowned Yariguies brush-finch was ...