If you liked this story, share it with other people. A motmot in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada. Photo by: Miguel Hernandez . The highest coastal mountain on the planet rises 18,942 feet (5,775-meters) ...

Indigenous communities have once more been pushed from their land by armed groups. Will it ever be safe to return to the Sierra Nevada?

BOGOTA, Colombia — The United Nations human rights office in Colombia warned Tuesday that five Indigenous groups in a storied mountain range face “physical and cultural” extinction, a critical threat ...

In the tropics, the greenness of the vegetation varies only slightly. The photo shows an evergreen tropical rainforest in the Sierra Nevada, Colombia.

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, June 4 (UNHCR) - It seems that almost nobody is immune from the violence that has long plagued Colombia, not even the latter-day hippies who preach peace, love and personal ...

The Arhuaco invite National Geographic to the upper reaches of their Colombian homeland to reveal threats we all face—and remind us of our roots in nature. The Arhuaco, an indigenous group in northern ...

Representatives of the Arhuaco community: Rogelio Mejia and Freddy Izquierdo with the Director of the World Heritage Centre, Mechtild Rössler. © UNESCO World ...