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These Colombian mummies were Buried With death Masks Fused to their Faces. Now, Scientists Digitally Reconstruct Their Faces After 500 years

For centuries, four mummified individuals from the Colombian Andes lay in museums, their faces sealed under ornate masks. And I mean sealed shut. Now, thanks to cutting-edge digital reconstruction, ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Park ranger spots unfamiliar creature — and rediscovers species after 20 years

In the Andes of Colombia, a small creature was rediscovered for the first time in 20 years. Raul Andres Galvis-Cordoba and Juan Manuel Carvajalino-Fernández (2025) Check List In the streams and rivers ...
Wichita Eagle

Giant millipede from the Andes has over 150 legs. It’s a new species in Colombia

The new large millipede species was discovered in Colombia’s department of Boyacá, in the foothills of the Andes, about 1,600 feet above sea level, according to a study. Ricky Beron via Unsplash ...
Charlotte Observer

Park ranger spots unfamiliar creature — and rediscovers species after 20 years

In the streams and rivers of the Colombian Andes, there once was a small, pitch-black creature. Atelopus marinkellei, a harlequin toad, was discovered in the 1970s and quickly fell under “one of the ...