An extraordinary discovery in the Peruvian Andes is astonishing the scientific community. An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new species of fossil fern, named ...
Jack Capener will share insights from Andean indigenous life at the talk in Galashiels, exploring Scottish and Peruvian mountain cultures.
Machu Picchu is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, located high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Built ...
A Peruvian presidential candidate has died in a car accident on a remote Andean highway while traveling to a political rally.
Iker Pou, Eneko Pou and Micher Quito have completed the first ascent of 'Pisco Sour' on the SW Face of Nevado Pisco (5780m) in Peru. The 640m mixed route breaches difficulties up to 85°/M6 and was ...
Retirees are stretching their dollars in South America. Five cities offer UNESCO heritage sites, quality health care, and ...
Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...
Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos ...
Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.
A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...
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 ...