Reese Erlich reports on the rise in vicuna poaching in the high plains of the Peruvian Andes. The animal's hair is used to make some of the finest and most expensive wool garments in the world, and ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

Researchers in Peru recently rediscovered a frog species that hadn't been seen for over a century, the Miami Herald reported. Not only had the Noblella peruviana, or Peru Andes frog, not been seen ...

For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor - the world's largest flying bird - nesting in Peru. The team spent about six hours a ...

In the Peruvian Andes, a small species of frog remained undetected in the scientific record for more than a century. Alexander Schimmeck via Unsplash Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling ...

Peru’s mountainous terrain is the landscape of dreams for climbers, hikers and cyclists. Photo courtesy of Flickr user slettvet For those who grow dreamy-eyed at thoughts of high mountains, vacant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three Chileans have opened a 400m new route on Urus, a 5,000m peak in Peru. Vicente Urzua, Maximiliano Arias, and Eduardo Tapia ...

The government of Peru has declared Marcapata Ccollana a new agrobiodiversity zone in the Andean highlands. The reserve is home to an Indigenous community that preserves Incan farming techniques and ...

CCONCHACCOTA, Peru — From her home under the baking sun of Peru’s southern Andes, Vilma Huamaní can see the small Cconchaccota lagoon, the axis of her community’s life. It has been a source of trout, ...