In the highlands above Villa de Arma, community leaders once walked through ice and snow. They still remember the stories told by their grandparents of the Apus, high-mountain spirits that guard the ...

The largest running bird of the Peruvian highlands is facing a threat that does not look dramatic at first glance. It is not a new predator, a sudden disease, or a single extreme weather event. It is ...

Three Chileans have opened a 400m new route on Urus, a 5,000m peak in Peru. Vicente Urzua, Maximiliano Arias, and Eduardo Tapia are regulars on the Patagonian big walls during the austral summer. When ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Peru's southern Andes Mountains on Thursday, injuring at least two people and damaging homes, health centers and schools, authorities said. According to the U.S.

The species is given Endangered status in Peru and faces threats including infrastructure collisions, illegal use in folklore events, and wildlife trafficking, researchers said. Photo by David ...

Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, which is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an area of frequent seismic activity.

In the highlands of the Peruvian Andes, a team of researchers had an unexpected encounter during an archaeological expedition. While searching for a rare species of squirrel, their eyes fell upon a ...

At daybreak on a freezing cold day high in the Andes, dozens of Peruvian peasants clamber up a mountainside to carry out a centuries-old tradition of shearing the highly-prized wool off vicunas, which ...