Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world’s amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking ...

A mountain climber has filmed himself scaling Ben Nevis - by using a drone to follow his intensive, solo challenge. The spectacular video was filmed by Rob Johnson, a cameraman and founder of ...

New research by a forest landscape ecology professor shows that organisms will face more hardships as they relocate when climate change makes their current homes uninhabitable. New research by ...

Mountains are unforgiving habitats. With low oxygen levels, scarce food resources above the tree line, and extreme weather, animals at high elevations must maintain a precarious balance with the ...

What a flat, dull place the world would be without mountains. Formed over millions of years by relentless movements of the planet's crust, squeezing and lifting land upwards to the sky, mountain ...

Rob Marchant receives funding from a number of grant-giving organisations for this work including UKRI, the Royal Society, the European Union and SIDA. Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world ...