MÉRIDA, Venezuela- José Betancourt, 75, climbed to the glacier of Pico Bolívar, Venezuela’s highest peak, 158 times before it ...

Acclaimed bird photographer Owen Deutsch and Michael J. Parr, President of the American Bird Conservancy, have joined forces ...

Students in Virginia who rely on Pell Grants to help pay for college may soon face higher costs under a sweeping set of federal education reforms being considered by the U.S. Senate.

How to Survive shares practical tips on how to endure getting lost in the Andes, emphasizing shelter, hydration, and ...

A particularly beautiful gallery is devoted to works from the Andes, including a camelid-fleece tunic emblazoned with two crimson cats that still looks ready to wear after five hundred years. Another ...

A pre-Hispanic mummy dating back 1,000 years was recently found by utility workers in Lima, Peru, with archaeologists linking it to the Chancay culture that predated the Inca Empire.

In the mist-covered heights of the Peruvian Andes, scientists uncovered strange and elusive lifeforms that have never been ...

Learn more about some recent rare animal encounters from around the world: ...

The Tiwanaku civilization was one of the first and most powerful in the Andes region, but by 1000 A.D., it had collapsed.

A newly discovered temple in the Bolivian Andes once served as ceremonial crossroads where llama caravans carrying ...