The Tiwanaku society thrived around the highest navigable lake in the world – before their mysterious disappearance ...

Reuters reports that Peruvian authorities announced the discovery of a major lost ancient city in the country’s Barranca ...

Mountain Research and Development Vol. 40, No. 2, May 2020 Nature and People in the Andes, East African Mountains, European Alps, and Hindu Kush Himalaya: Current Research and Future Directions This ...

A view shows the Iver glacier close to the El Plomo mountain summit, in the Andes mountain range, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, April 4, 2024. “Every year things are changing more.

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.

The ancient mountains of the Andes are home to spectacled bears, pumas and the magnificent Andean condor. They’re also home to forests of lesser-known but critically important polylepis ...