Every year, over 1,000 lives are lost on Peru’s mountain roads, BBC Earth Explore has reported in a video documenting the route. The short documentary follows a bus driver named Glorioso as he ...

These training opportunities and expeditions — from King George Island in Antarctica to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic, and from the Andes to the eastern Tibetan Plateau — are ...

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

It's no coincidence that the Incas's vast network of roads, known as the Qhapaq Ñan, once joined in this city—even while ...

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 ...