One of the big questions in biology is why certain plants and animals are found in some places and not others. Figuring out how species evolve and spread, and why some places are richer in species ...

Paleostress modeling shows how a region of the Andean Plateau was uplifted and formed beginning more than 20 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau in the world. This immense land area lies surrounded by some of the tallest ...

A plant press used by researchers in the Hengduan Mountains Image courtesy of the Field Museum, Deren Eaton China’s Hengduan Mountain range boasts one of the most biodiverse plant communities in the ...

A theory proposed in 2015 suggested that relatively flat surfaces in mountain ranges were formed by the reorganization of river networks. A fresh analysis rebuts this idea, reigniting discussion of a ...