Cali is the best city in Colombia for birdwatching with over 500 recorded species that are not easily found in other regions of the country. Credit: gabovinasco1 / CC BY NC 4.0 / FlickrCali, the capital of salsa, is also known as a birdwatching paradise in Colombia. In November 2024, Cali was named
Bolivia’s vast Uyuni Salt Flat, the world’s largest and highest, transforms into a giant mirror during the rainy season. Credit: Virgi Asprilla / Colombia One A dazzling white expanse of 10,000 km², the vast Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni Salt Flat) is one of the most spectacular landscapes in both the Ameri
Guainia, a department in Colombia, is considered the world capital of the controversial ornamental fish trade, known for its rare species. Credit: Gicaman / CC BY-SA 4.0Colombia’s Guainia department is considered the capital of ornamental fish. Located in the Amazon region, Guainia—meaning Land of M
The cowboy frog, native to Colombia’s Llano region, has a distinct and unusual croak rarely heard in wildlife. Credit: Khristian Venegas Valencia / CC BY-NC 4.0In Colombia’s Llano region, in the eastern part of the country, lives one of Colombia’s most unique creatures: the cowboy frog. Scientifical
The El Regalo neighborhood in Bogota, Colombia, has been recognized as the cleanest in Latin America for its waste management initiatives. Credit: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 / WikimediaColombia is home to the cleanest neighborhood in Latin America. El Regalo, a neighborhood located in Bosa
Rhodium, the world’s most expensive metal, is found in Colombia, although in small quantities, mainly in the department of Choco. Credit: Rhagchem / CC BY-SA 4.0Rhodium, the most expensive metal in the world, is found, albeit in small quantities, in Colombia. The price of this mineral on the interna
A new orchid species, Epidendrum juaicaense, was discovered in Colombia. Learn about this purple and green flower. Credit: Gobernación de Cundinamarca.A new flower bloomed into scientific recognition with a new orchid species discovered in Colombia. The Epidendrum juaicaense made its debut in scient
Octopus vulgaris (common octopus). Credit: Albert Kok / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0In a major advancement in material science, researchers have created a new artificial surface that can rapidly change both its color and texture—similar to the skin of an octopus. The material reacts to liquid tr
Hailing from Colombia, Ricardo and Daniela have successfully launched a sustainable coffee cup business in Miami. Credit: Courtesy Coffee KreisRicardo Garcia and Daniela Insignares, two entrepreneurs from Colombia living in Miami, have started a company that manufactures sustainable coffee cups from
Minister Edwin Palma Egea and ElectroHuila Manager Nika Cuéllar inaugurate Granja Solar El Bote, marking Colombia’s first solar farm built by a public utility company. Credit: Ministerio de Minas y Energía.Neiva has seen many big announcements, but this one came with panels, cables, and a real on-sw
Peru has granted native, nonstinging bees formal legal rights. Credit: Axel Kirchhof / Greenpeace.In a landmark environmental and legal development that conservationists are calling a world first, Peru has granted native, nonstinging bees formal legal rights — the first time any insect species has b
Villavieja’s main square in Huila, where the Parque Solar Villavieja project is planned as Colombia’s next major utility-scale solar development. Credit: SajoR, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons. Huila will soon add a new headline to its map: solar panels, lots of them. A massive project called Parqu
Representatives from the National Government, international cooperation agencies, and the private sector signed the commitment to Misión Nuquí, a development plan for the Choco region. Credit: Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo.Nuquí is the kind of place that makes people whisper, “How is t
Professor Elisabeth Restrepo Parra (center) and her team from the National University of Colombia in Manizales won the 2025 National Inventor Prize for their organic battery prototype. Credit: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales.When people talk about clean energy, they usually picture w
Wind turbines at Cabo de la Vela, Uribia, in La Guajira, a region central to Colombia’s wind energy plans. Credit: MirfakVelez_92, CC BY-SA 3.0In La Guajira, wind is not just weather; it is a resource with promises attached. Windpeshi, a large wind farm planned between Uribia and Maicao, returned to
The split would cause, at the same time, the formation of a new ocean. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.Geologists around the world are highlighting a dramatic, albeit slow-moving, transformation beneath the surface of the African continent: Africa might be splitting in two. In an extraordinary process tha
Ecopetrol’s planned green hydrogen plant at the Cartagena refinery is expected to produce up to 800 tons of green hydrogen a year from 2026, powered by a 5 MW electrolyzer and a 22 MW solar farm. Credit: Ecopetrol / Presidency of Colombia.Cartagena is known for beaches and history, but a new project
Spectacle bears are an endangered species, and they are a symbol of the preservation of Colombian Andean forests. Credit: Tambako the jaguar-cc-by-nd-2Tamá — a male Andean (spectacled) bear rescued as a cub in 2014 and the subject of a nationwide conservation campaign — died during a transfer to his
Ocaña, in Norte de Santander, a key region in Colombia’s growing solar push tied to projects such as Petalo del Norte I. Credit: Wiki 73 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia CommonsColombia’s energy map just got a bright new dot. In the hills of Norte de Santander, Petalo del Norte I switched on, bringing c
Hidroituango (Ituango) dam under construction in Antioquia, a key project expected to reach full generation by 2028. Credit: Algorithmix (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons.The wait is finally almost over for Colombia’s most ambitious infrastructure project. After years of uncertainty, technical challenges,
A female Anopheles mosquito feeding, illustrating the critical moment of contact where malaria parasites — or potentially new biological control agents — enter the equation. Photo: CDC / James Gathany, 2014 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.The fight against malaria in the Amazon often feels lik
Coendou vossi, the new porcupine species endemic to Colombia, photographed in dry forest habitat — a reminder of how much biodiversity remains hidden in the country’s branches and why Magdalena valley and Caribbean forests need stronger protection. Photo: Omar Daniel Leon Alvarado / Instituto Humbol
Two new species of Priocharax rex. Credit: Giovanna Guimarães Silva Lopez / Open AccessIn a remote corner of Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, researchers have identified a tiny fish species with a body structure never documented before. The fish, named Priocharax rex, is just under an inch long, but it
Colombia’s Choco rainforest is among the least known and most surprising, but this biodiversity paradise in under threat. Credit: Adriana Garcia, CC BY-SA 4.0Colombia is a country rich in biodiversity, largely due to the variety of ecosystems it hosts. One of the most remarkable and lesser-known is
