How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America. Ad Policy Augusto Pinochet in Chile on May 1, 1987.(Eric Brissaud / Getty Images) On General Augusto ...

A scavenger species, the Andean condor plays a vital role in ecosystems by preventing the spread of diseases found in carcasses. But human communities overlapping with their habitat have often ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered how Incas used Andean balance scales and ancient string knot writing known as "khipus," in association with sacred, animate landscapes.

In southern Peru, a 1.5-kilometre stretch of land dotted with thousands of carefully aligned holes has puzzled researchers for decades. Some have speculated the site was used for defence or water ...

A hillside in Peru covered by more than 5000 aligned holes may have been a giant Inca accounting device – a spreadsheet, but on a monumental scale. Tracing across the slopes of Monte Sierpe (Serpent ...

Beyond Machu Picchu, these destinations reveal a side of the country that most visitors miss—from volcanic cities and canyon villages to sacred lakes and jungle getaways. As an alternative to visiting ...

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that researchers from the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University have virtually reconstructed the faces of four people whose mummified remains were ...

The Andean diet is a nutrient-rich, sustainable food tradition rooted in the highlands of South America, featuring diverse crops like quinoa, potatoes, and maca. It combines ancient agricultural ...

An “adorable” creature is making her fuzzy debut at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo — and she’s the first of her kind to be born there in the zoo’s history, officials said. Dolly the Andean condor chick has ...