New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...

Narrated by Tom Hanks, NBC's The Americas continues tonight with a new episode! Here's your preview/viewing guide for Ep. 6: ...

The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

Torrent ducks have to survive freezing temperatures on land and extreme heat in the water. Learn all about it on The Americas.

The Americas is an epic journey across the world’s largest supercontinent, featuring a vast array of plants, animals, and ...

Trekking with llamas in the Andes is an exceptional way to explore the gorgeous alpine landscapes of South America ...

As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...

In a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin’s Proglacial Lab, Dr. Shaun Marcott’s team has discovered that tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains are now smaller than they have been at any ...

About 10 years ago, with no fanfare or publicity, Alaska became more known in South America with the creation of Alaska del ...

The glaciers that sit high in the Andes -- or Andean Mountain Range -- extend through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, and provide water used for domestic consumption ...