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Rare bird paradise protected in war-torn Colombian mountain range (photos)

Is REDD+ bad for wildlife? New study says lowland forest protection bias unfair, urges change

Scientists uncover new species of Andean marsupial frog

Key highland habitat for rare condor protected in Ecuador

Climate change could kill off Andean cloud forests, home to thousands of species found nowhere else

Featured video: ‘this is day one for the olinguito’

Meet the BABY olinguito

Scientists discover teddy bear-like mammal hiding out in Andean cloud forests (photos)

Peruvian night monkey threatened by vanishing forests, lost corridors

Climate change melting glaciers in the Andes

Photos: new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest

Wax palm can be sustainably harvested

Pictures: Bolivian park may have the world’s highest biodiversity

Beautiful new bird discovered in Peruvian cloud forest

3 new private conservation reserves established by communities in Peru

Photo: new blue, red, yellow lizard discovered in the Andes

Majority of Andes’ biodiversity hotspots remain unprotected

Picture of the day: the world’s largest bromeliad

Geology has split the Amazon into two distinct forests

Using palm hearts sustainably in Colombia

Thousands protest giant gold mine in Peru’s mountains

Featured video: camera traps catch Andean cats and others in Argentina

Animal picture of the day: chestnut breasted coronet

Animal picture of the day: the brilliant cock-of-the-rock

Amazon still neglected by researchers

New population discovered of the America’s mini snow leopard: the Andean cat

New population of Critically Endangered monkey discovered

Amazon biodiversity older than believed

Eight new plants discovered in Bolivia

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