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 ...

The discovery of a new species in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru has reinforced the vital role of citizen science ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...