How the "bowl food" staple traveled from the Andes to Peruvian haute cuisine to health-conscious menus across the U.S.

High in the cloud forests of the Andes lives a rare and mysterious animal - the spectacled bear. Known for their unique facial markings and elusive nature, these bears are the only native bear species ...

A look at the Andes, a landscape of dramatic contrasts where life adapts to extremes in some of the harshest environments on ...

Until then, they remain motionless. And so do we – cameras ready, eyes scanning the jagged ridges that define the high Andes. The hike to the viewing point isn’t long, but it is gruelling.

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supplies for 90 million people, with near-total ice loss possible by 2100 unless ...

It took incredible effort to hold sacrificial rituals in the thin air and life-threatening cold of the high Andes. At 20,000 feet, near the summit of Mt. Ampato where Juanita was found ...

At the high Andes village of Chawaytiri, Secretary G. Wayne Clough took part in the Procession of the Llama. Rob Leopold Mysteries of the Incas remain, but we continue to learn about their great ...

RANGE:This species is endemic to the high Andes of South America. MIGRATION: During the summer, Andean flamingos prefer elevations between 11,483 and 14,764 feet in the puna and altiplano regions of ...

The models show that the Andes glaciers are very sensitive to climate change, Zoet said. The equatorial location and high altitude of these glaciers make them ideal indicators of global climate trends ...