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Early aerial photographs first highlighted the scale of Peru’s Monte Sierpe monument. Almost a century later, scientists have worked out what it might have been used for

Visiting the city hosting the Cop30 conference brings with it questions about farming, tourism and sustainability

At the foot of the Andes, a Canadian firm has plans for one of the country’s biggest copper mines, but many say the carbon-rich forests and clean rivers are too high a price to pay

The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes.

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru’s capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon river. As glaciers vanish, floods and droughts are becoming more…

Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’

Researchers in Peru unearth remnants of ancient civilization who resisted the Inca Empire for centuries - get a closer look at their groundbreaking discovery.

In Chile's Millahue Valley, VIK Winery is turning to a singular swath of forest high in the Andes to age its latest introduction.

An unexpected dusting high in the Andes mountains caused some concern.