These mountains are often characterized by their rugged terrain, glaciated summits and active volcanoes, such as Cotopaxi and ...

Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, researchers said in a study published Nov. 5 in the peer-reviewed journal ...

Close to the Chilean side of the volcano, in Bio Bio region, power generator Endesa Chile operates the Ralco and Pangue hydroelectric dams, which have not been affected by the evacuation order.

Whether it be the Himalayas, the Andes or the Atlas Mountains ... chain of ancient seamounts." As well as mountains, eight dormant underwater volcanoes also lie deep beneath the surface.

The Andes run for over 7,000km. Other mountains (usually those that stand on their own) are created by ancient volcanoes. Ben Nevis in Scotland was once a very large active volcano. It last ...

Co-author Barbara Carrapa doing fieldwork in the High Andes (Puna Plateau) of northwest Argentina to understand paleoenvironments in the Cenozoic. Credit: Mark Clementz. Credit must be given to ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific ... such as those that formed some of the mountains in the Andes of South America. At ocean-ocean ...

Florian Delée via Unsplash High in the Andes of northern Ecuador, cities sit in the shadow of mountains and ancient volcanoes covered in dense forest. Just north of the capital city of Quito ...