Nestled in the heart of South America, the southern Chilean Andes offer travelers a remarkable journey through pristine landscapes and cultural treasures. The Cruce Andino, or Andean Crossing, serves ...

The source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine has finally been identified. Researchers from North Carolina ...

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 Chincha tribe lived high in the Andes mountains in South America. When Spanish explorers came upon the tribe in the 1500s, they were intrigued by the robes the Chincha wore, which had been crafted ...

Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists found through analysis of 1,179 projectile points that the rise of archery technology dates to around 5,000 years ago.

In the Maule Valley of the southern Andes Mountains, a river cuts through the landscape and ebbs and flows around the peaks. The water provides life for the region, not only for the local creatures, ...

After hiding in the shadows, a long-lost frog is giving conservationists a glimmer of hope in Ecuador. Back in 2022, biologist Juan Sánchez-Nivicela and his team navigated through dense vegetation on ...

Researchers looked at DNA from 29 otters and discovered that they fall into two very different groups. They suggest giving ...

When did archery arise in the Americas? And what were the effects of this technology on society? These questions have long been debated among anthropologists and archaeologists. But a study led by a ...