“Those are dunes!” was the surprised reaction of geographer Jurandyr Ross, a professor at the University of São Paulo, when he spotted the mounds of sandy soil sparsely populated with clusters of ...

The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study has used information collected over the last 100 years by explorers ...

For centuries, the 5,200 mystery holes scattered across the Peruvian Andes have baffled archaeologists. These pits, each ...

In a new study, researchers created the most detailed distribution map to date of butterflies in the American tropics, showing that areas of highest diversity coincide with regions most threatened by ...

This mountainside is covered in thousands of mysterious ancient holes. Scientists now believe they know why - Early aerial ...

Rosie Bisset used specially-adapted drones to study the glaciers in the Andes An Edinburgh university researcher has used drones to capture a bird's-eye view of some of the highest glaciers in South ...

An Aeromapper Talon operator has flown a mission autonomously to a target located 30km away from them while maintaining at all times a strong communications and control link. This demonstrates the ...

This release is available in Spanish. The Andes-Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia is one of the most biologically rich and rapidly changing areas of the world. A new study published in BioMed Central's ...