An Inca citadel in Peru may reshape Andean history with hundreds of structures and thousands of remarkable artifacts.

A diver with a bowl recovered from the Tiwanaku site. (Teddy Seguin) The mysterious Inca Empire is a source of endless fascination to many, representing the largest and most elaborate society of ...

An 800-year-old mummy from Peru’s Chancay culture has turned up with something archaeologists rarely see: tattoos on the ...

The Andes represent one of the world’s most active continental margins, where the eastward subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath South America has driven over 200 million years of mountain building ...

A Peruvian gene-hunt has rewritten the cacao family tree, handing breeders fresh raw material just as disease and extreme ...

Scenic view of the Andean Crossing while sailing Lake Todos los Santos, from Petrohue port in Chile . Credit: Sebastian/Adobe Stock When I booked Road Scholar’s two-week program called “Wonders of ...

Two small, wrinkled lumps of potato were found buried inside a ceramic jar on the floor of an ancient storage room on the arid southern coast of Peru, and they turned out to be roughly 500 years old, ...

Researchers have described a new species of marsupial frog from the Andes of northern Peru, a tiny amphibian that broods its ...

A private group aims to revive a lost rail link with a massive 33.5-mile tunnel under the Andes. Can this bold plan reshape trade?

The 2026 World Cup has been thrilling, but the national dishes of tournament teams are just as tantalizing. From stews to skewered fish, we listed them all.

Most people drive right through Salisbury, Maryland without realizing that somewhere just off the main road, a jaguar is ...

The left’s razor thin loss in the presidential election in Colombia have set the stage for a new period of social and class ...