The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago ...

An intoxicated man wielding a metal tool is accused of attacking and damaging the Stone of Twelve Angles in Peru, a famed ...

so it's vital to do your research before booking your plane ticket to Peru. For my trip, I opted for the Amazon to the Andes tour with G Adventures (a Canadian company!). The 12-day tour included ...

The Inca Trail is approximately 26 miles long and leads to one of the most iconic sites in the world: Machu Picchu. Millions ...

Rualdo MenegatThe reasoning for choosing this extreme location was three-fold (protection against earthquakes, a water supply, and readily available building materials), but all resulted from one ...

Since 2002, the Peruvian government has required tourists to have a permit and a guide to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Only licensed guiding companies can obtain permits, so it's vital to do ...

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

U.S. enduro racer Marco "Randy" Osborne and Ella Conolly of Scotland took first-places overall for the Pro Men’s and Pro Women's categories at the 2025 Andes Pacifico enduro race, held Jan. 14 ...

With the country being comprised of the Andes mountains, Galapagos Islands and ... Once the northern outpost of the Inca empire, history is also steeped in every corner of this land.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Irish potato famine pathogen, Phytophthora infestans, is traced back to the Andes Mountains in South America, not Mexico. Genetic analysis reveals that P ...

The two peaks lie deep beneath the Earth's surface. Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa and the Pacific ...

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic landscapes and climate change. Melting ice high up in the Rocky Mountains ...