'Cholitas' hope to become the first Bolivian women to climb Mount Everest

Tech Insider

Four Indigenous Aymara climbers hope to become the first Bolivian women to summit Mount Everest. They plan on wearing the traditional pollera, once a symbol of oppression dating back to the 16th century. 

Llama poop sparked 57% more plant growth in a part of the Andes that was barren and ravaged by climate change

Tech Insider
Four llamas stand in what looks like the dessert .
Llama poop is very nutrient dense, and therefore can help fertilize barren ground.

Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images

13 mummified mice in Mars-like environments atop 20,000-foot volcanoes have stumped scientists, who don't know why mice would climb to such harsh heights

Tech Insider
a mummified mouse is a mangled ball of fur with bones poking out on a white surface next to a ruler showing it's about two inches long
One of the 13 mangled, mummified mice that researchers found on top of Andean volcanoes.

Marcial Quiroga-Carmona

Subscribe to andes