Earth's crust once formed a dense "root" supporting Colombia's northern Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, but new research suggests this prop sank into the mantle millions of years ago. When you ...

Scientists found an earless animal with a “long” snout in the mountains of Colombia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Caicedo-Martínez, Henao-Osorio, Arias-Monsalve, Rojas-Morales ...

In the Santa Marta mountains of Colombia, an experienced bird-watcher unexpectedly spotted a Santa Marta sabrewing hummingbird. This was only the second time the critically endangered hummingbird has ...

The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the previously accepted start date for the Andes' ...

Hidden deep in the jungle of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Colombia sits Ciudad Perdida, the “Lost City.” Built by the Tairona people more than 1,000 years ago, the archaeological site ...

In April 2017, a landslide in Mocoa, Colombia, ripped through a local town, killing more than 300 people. Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra grew up about 570 miles north in Santander, Colombia, and was shocked ...

A potential gold rush is awaiting in the surroundings of the Mavicure Hill and the Fluvial Star of Inírida, two of Colombia’s particular ecosystems. Authorities approved 13 proposals for mining ...

LIGHTNING has killed 11 members of a tribe in the remote mountains of Colombia, where they were performing a spiritual ritual during an electrical storm. The Wiwa, who were gathered at a community in ...