The girl was only 13 years old when she was sacrificed to the gods but had been frozen in time for hundreds of years when a ...

Recent research by Bowling Green State University scientists has sent shockwaves through the bird-watching world after ...

After years of research, experts have produced data that demonstrate unusual social nesting among hummingbirds.

As night fell across a mountain ravine in Ecuador, a “cryptic” creature with “blue” bones emerged from its hiding spot and ...

The most turbulent flight is a one-hour journey from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile. The route passes over the Andes ...

A New Species of Colorful Lizard Found Thriving in Harsh Climatic Conditions of Andes Surprises Scientists Countless species ...

Over thousands of years, evolution has helped the Aymara people of the high plains of Andes mountains adjust to altitudes as high as 14,400 feet (2.75 miles) above sea level. This indigenous ...

Animal dung in the Andes Mountains in Peru is helping to transform soil recently uncovered by melting glaciers, according to ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as ...