https://altavianature.com/en/ Ecosystems, rivers, forests and wild places on Earth. en © Altavia Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://altavianature.com/brand/logo-512.pnghttps://altavianature.com/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/animals-extreme-conditions/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/animals-extreme-conditions/ Freezing and coming back to life, living without haemoglobin in sub-zero water or surviving the vacuum of space. Eight animals that push the limits of what we think is possible, explained with what science really knows. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/plants/most-incredible-forests/ https://altavianature.com/en/plants/most-incredible-forests/ Some forests look like film sets: trunks a hundred metres tall, bamboo corridors, carpets of blue flowers or pines that grow bent without anyone quite knowing why. Ten places to see at least once. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Plants https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/highest-living-animals/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/highest-living-animals/ Where a human struggles to breathe, some animals live, hunt and breed. A mouse on the summit of an Andean volcano, a spider above 6,000 metres and a goose that can fly over the Himalaya. Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/nature/wildest-rivers-in-the-world/ https://altavianature.com/en/nature/wildest-rivers-in-the-world/ Some rise on a glacier in Tibet, others at a lost spring in the Andes whose title two mountains dispute. Ten rivers that are still wild, told from their source. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Nature https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/bearded-vulture/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/bearded-vulture/ With a wingspan of almost three metres and a diet made up mostly of bones, the bearded vulture is one of the most astonishing birds on the planet. After disappearing from much of Europe, it is soaring over its mountains again. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/nature/wildest-places-on-earth/ https://altavianature.com/en/nature/wildest-places-on-earth/ There are still corners of the planet where human presence is minimal and natural processes set the pace: active volcanoes, deltas in the middle of the desert, immense ice fields and rainforests still to be explored. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Nature https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/snow-leopard/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/snow-leopard/ It lives in twelve countries, roams huge territories above 3,000 metres and is so elusive that many researchers study it for years without seeing it. This is how the snow leopard survives. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/axolotl/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/axolotl/ It lives only in the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City, never loses its juvenile look and can regrow legs, tail and even parts of organs. While it thrives in labs and aquariums, in the wild it is on the brink of extinction. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/iberian-orcas-sailboats/ https://altavianature.com/en/wildlife/iberian-orcas-sailboats/ There are only a few dozen of them, they live between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Bay of Biscay and since 2020 they have been interacting with the rudders of sailing boats. We review what is known —and what is not— about this unique population. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wildlife https://altavianature.com/en/plants/edelweiss/ https://altavianature.com/en/plants/edelweiss/ Its velvety look is not decorative: it is armour against the radiation, cold and dryness of the high mountains. The natural and cultural history of the most famous flower in the Alps. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Plants