The Andean Court of Justice has admitted an unprecedented case against Peru over its handling of illegal mining, marking the ...

Airborne laser scanning has exposed a dense network of pre-Hispanic urban centers in Ecuador’s Upano Valley, complete with ...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing ...

LIMA, Peru — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, local authorities said Sunday. More than 20 people were injured and 300 have been displaced so far ...

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

Arizona’s history cannot be understood without recognizing the Indigenous nations that have called this region home for generations. In this special edition of “What Happened in AZ?,” we take a closer ...

Few forms of travel capture the romance of the journey quite like a train. From bustling cities to rolling countryside and dramatic coastlines, the scenery unfolds at a pace that invites you to slow ...

Compare maps of the 2026 cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Download your pdfs of the maps.

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, ...

Pilots flying over Ecuador’s northern Andes received a fresh volcanic ash warning on 17 June 2026 after Reventador, one of the country’s most active stratovolcanoes, pushed an ash cloud from the ...

LAHUAYTAMBO, PERU, June 16 - Past the outskirts of Peru’s sprawling coastal capital, where the Andes begin to rise, a small mountain district was perfectly split in the presidential runoff — a stark ...