Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were products of societies with power structures, including social hierarchy, ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...

A major mineral deposit discovered in the Andes Mountains along the Argentina-Chile border contains significant quantities of ...

In the mist-covered heights of the Peruvian Andes, scientists uncovered strange and elusive lifeforms that have never been ...

Each June, the residents of four Indigenous communities in Peru rebuild the last Incan rope bridge. This is episode 48 of Stories of Resistance.

A new species of deer, Pudella carlae, has been identified in the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, marking the first new cervid discovery in South America in over six decades. This tiny deer ...

One of them was Acción Andina (Andean Action), an initiative that has launched 25 restoration and conservation projects focused on the high-altitude Polylepis forests of Peru, Chile, Bolivia ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

Yareta, a plant found in the high-altitude Andes Mountains, can live for up to 3,000 years. ... Native to the high-altitude Andes Mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. Adaptation: ...

The snowiest place is: the Andes Mountains in southern Chile, where about 2,000 inches of snow falls each year, on average. That’s more than 166 feet, almost the length of two basketball courts.