Read more about the article Manmade Global Warming Displacing Rare Mountain Plants, Boffins Warn
Image shows plants at the Andes, undated photo. A team of researchers from Vienna, Austria, showed that plant species are spreading to higher elevations, while more and more ancestral mountain plants are being displaced, including by species from Europe in the South American Andes. (Harald Pauli, OeAW/Newsflash)

Manmade Global Warming Displacing Rare Mountain Plants, Boffins Warn

Manmade global warming is causing more and more plant species to migrate to the high Andes and displace rare mountain plants, boffins have revealed. According to a study recently published…

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Read more about the article New Lizard Species With Tail Longer Than Its Body
Photo shows a new species of lizard discovered in Otishi National Park in Peru, undated. This new species belongs to the genus Proctoporus (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae) whose greatest diversity is found in the Andean foothills and whose specimens are characterized by having a tail longer than the body. (SERNANP/Newsflash)

New Lizard Species With Tail Longer Than Its Body

A new species of lizard with a tail longer than its entire body has been discovered in Peru. The species- named 'Proctoporus titans' - was found in the Andes mountains…

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Read more about the article Hiker Live-Streams Farewell To Family After Huge Volcano Suddenly Erupts
A hiker records the eruption of the Lascar Volcano, from metres away in Chile, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. The unidentified man says goodbye to family as he descends with a group of people. (CEN)

Hiker Live-Streams Farewell To Family After Huge Volcano Suddenly Erupts

This is the moment a hiker films his farewells to his loved ones as a huge volcano suddenly spews out smoke and deadly gas. The eruption of the Lascar stratovolcano…

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Read more about the article Scientists May Have Discovered New Law Of Nature In Rain
The shaggy soft-haired mouse, found in this study to experience changes in size based on which side of the Andes Mountains the individual lives on. (Pablo Teta,SWNS/Newsflash)

Scientists May Have Discovered New Law Of Nature In Rain

A new law of nature could have been discovered as scientists think rain causes species to grow larger after an astonishing discovery in south America. The shaggy soft haired mouse…

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Read more about the article Mum Plunged To Death After Climb To See Sunrise
Maria Lucia Paternostro poses in an undated photo. The woman died after she fell off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes on Monday, Aug 01, 2022, where she was on vacation. (@malu.paternostro/Newsflash)

Mum Plunged To Death After Climb To See Sunrise

A mum of one died in a freak accident when she fell from a mountain in Peru on a hike to see a spectacular sunrise. Tragic holidaymaker Maria Lucia 'Malu'…

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