Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

Debbie Goodson is shown in Peru. Goodson began the Andes Education Fund, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the lives of people living in the remote Andes region of Peru. Debbie Goodson, a ...

Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos ...

For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor - the world's largest flying bird - nesting in Peru. The team spent about six hours a ...

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

CUSCO, Peru (AP) — When Uriel plans his work schedule late in summer near his village in the Peruvian mountains, his first decision is usually which friend’s salt pond he will work that day. In ...

On a clear day, Chile’s towering 5,400-meter El Plomo mountain can be seen from the capital, Santiago. The glacier-capped Andean peak has been climbed and revered for centuries, with the Incas ...

developing solutions to today’s environmental challenges. On the windswept slopes of the Andes mountains, rugged forests grow. These exceptionally hardy trees and shrubs, known as Polylepis, have ...

The species is given Endangered status in Peru and faces threats including infrastructure collisions, illegal use in folklore events, and wildlife trafficking, researchers said. Photo by David ...