Dreams. Hope for what may come. Resisting on the high mountains of the Andes. Planting trees for tomorrow. There has been a huge push to plant these trees and other native trees across the Andes i ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared ...

The oldest evidence of psychoactive plant use was found in the Andes, revealing how societies used mind-altering drugs to ...

In 2022, researchers collected caterpillars off a plant in the arid highlands of the Andes Mountains of Chile, then patiently waited to see what they became. Two months later, adult moths ...

Two thousand years before the Inca Empire extended its dominion over the Andes, a much less known yet culturally influential ...

These animals deposit nutrients and plant seeds from lower elevations ... In parts of the Andes and other mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains, many people depend on mountain snow ...

Inside, researchers found nicotine from wild Nicotiana species and vilca, a psychedelic powder derived from the vilca tree.

That’s according to a new study that uncovered the earliest-known direct evidence of the use of psychoactive plants in the Peruvian Andes ... ceremonial site in the mountains Peru.

Snuff tubes uncovered at Chavin de Huantar in Peru reveal how leaders used mystical experiences to cement their power.