The largest mountain range, by far, is known as the mid-ocean range system and the vast majority of it is under the ocean.

Can a volcano rise from the dead? Uturuncu, a lofty peak in the Central Andes mountain range, is what’s known as a “zombie ...

High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

Every year, over 1,000 lives are lost on Peru’s mountain roads, BBC Earth Explore has reported in a video documenting the route. The short documentary follows a bus driver named Glorioso as he ...

Mountains have always held a special allure - whether it’s their towering peaks, breathtaking landscapes, or the serenity ...

In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...

The Andes is a mountain range of surprise and wonder. A salt flat lizard surveys the scene on the high altitude altiplane of nothern Chile An elderly villager crosses the Q'eswachaka rope bridge ...

Daniel Fernández, one of the 16 survivors of the tragic 1972 Andes plane crash, passed away on May 8 in Montevideo at the age ...

Seven nations sharing world’s longest mountain range already impacted by climate change.

Rising abruptly in the Amazon rainforest, the peak's isolation and pyramidal shape intrigue scientists and locals.

These training opportunities and expeditions — from King George Island in Antarctica to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic, and from the Andes to the eastern Tibetan Plateau — are ...

The highest mountain ranges are created by tectonic plates pushing together and forcing the ground up where they meet. This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are ...