Roberto Canessa was 19 years old when his plane crashed in the Andes mountain range. 50 years after the tragedy, he has told ...

On 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 people, including a rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes ...

Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador could be considered higher than Everest by one measure. But it’s way more within reach — ...

In a darkened forest of Bolivia, a 4-foot-long creature with “large” eyes balanced on a tree branch. Its “emerald green” hue ...

In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving only 16 survivors. To stay alive in the brutally cold conditions, they resorted to cannibalism and were eventually ...

Ace Rickard, 69, banked that painful experience in Peru last month during a 1,000-kilometer (approximately 600-mile) trek ...

Chile and Argentina share a soaring mountain range. On the west side of the Andes Mountains, Chile extends more than 2,500 ...

Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes, has challenged Mount Everest for the title of the ...

More AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo Guinea pigs (known locally as cuy) are native to the Andes Mountains and are widely consumed in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia. These regions were once part of ...

Drought has led to rotating water rationing in Bogota, Colombia's capital of almost 10 million people, while Ecuador's energy ...

Jordi Corominas of Spain has received the Walter Bonatti Lifetime Achievement Award from the Piolet d’Or committee. Well ...

But there is one more contender for highest mountain: Mount Chimborazo, an inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Ecuadorian Andes. When measured from sea level ...