High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

In the high Andes Mountains of Peru lies Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire. It’s a popular destination for trekkers looking to visit monuments such as Machu Picchu. It’s also a protected ...

This "Chavín" society lived in the Andes two thousand years before the ... a ceremonial site high up in the mountains of Peru, at an elevation of around 10,000 feet. They would conduct "exclusive ...

“This discovery tells us about the early origins of religion in Peru. We still know very little about how and under which circumstances complex belief systems emerged in the Andes, and now we ...

It's no coincidence that the Incas's vast network of roads, known as the Qhapaq Ñan, once joined in this city—even while traveling today's Peru, it can feel like all roads lead to Cusco. Plop down at ...

The significance of this reserve reshapes how the world sees Argentina ... Green groups urge strict oversight, pointing to the delicate mountain ecosystems found along the Argentina-Chile border.

We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

On October 13, 1972, the Fairchild FH-227D aircraft transporting a delegation of the Old Christians rugby club to Santiago, Chile, crashed in the Andes mountains. The accident, which came to be ...

The volcano Uturuncu, located in the Central Andes mountains, has seemingly risen from the dead. While the volcano has not erupted in more than 250,000 years, it has recently shown signs of ...

This city in the Andes is a fascinating representation of how Spanish, Incan, and pre-Incan cultures have meshed and melded in this part of the world—you ... today's Peru, it can feel like ...

World Press Freedom Day is a day of support for media outlets ... Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); along with the three main organizations working for press freedom in Peru: the National ...