Ecuador has announced the creation of a new biological corridor designed to connect the eastern ranges of the Andes with the Amazon Rainforest, part of a larger initiative to strengthen ecological ...

Cañapa Lake is a striking high-altitude lagoon located in Bolivia’s Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve. Surrounded ...

Hantaviruses, transmitted from rodents to people, have a death rate approaching 40%. They're found around the world, and because there are no approved vaccines or treatments, they're among the ...

Villa La Angostura is a charming mountain town in Argentina’s Neuquén Province, located along the shores of the magnificent ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have pulled off their clearest look yet at the Andes hantavirus, mapping the ...

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

The new 340-square-mile reserve isn't far from the capital of La Paz, but this proximity belies the ecological value found ...

A sinkhole partially under Luzerne County's rail line in Ashley has been addressed, county Redevelopment Authority Executive ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

Researchers say Monte Sierpe’s 5,200 aligned pits once supported trade and accounting, offering a new view of Inca-era ...