Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber, and Simon Gietl have opened a difficult, route in the Peruvian Andes that just may be the most ...

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...

The Andean nations are unitary republics by history and constitution. Consequently, the push to devolve power to lower ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Earth is spinning faster—causing shorter days and raising sea levels. At extreme speeds, gravity weakens, oceans flood cities, and satellites fall out of sync. A global reset looms.

Dehradun: Despite being the toughest places to live, mountain communities across the globe have long mastered survival skills ...

Three new types of frogs were discovered during off-road scientific expeditions in the remote cloud-shrouded peaks of the ...

has implications for broader research into how mountain ranges form. The progression identified in the new study is similar to orogenic evolutions proposed for the Tibetan Plateau and the Peruvian ...

Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years The Tiwanaku society thrived around the highest navigable lake in the world – before their mysterious ...

So far, only one specimen of the new species has been found at the Abiseo River National Park in the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a roughly 580-mile drive northeast from Lima.

In the Andes, the rise of agriculture to replace foraging was not the result of hardship and resource scarcity, but instead a time of economic resilience and innovation, according to a study ...