The Rev. Jorge Millán, a priest who lived with Leo and other brothers in Chiclayo, said the new pope had a “mathematical mindset, he was orderly and punctual.” He washed his own dishes, he said, and ...

There are different bear species worldwide. From the Andes Mountains to the Arctic Circle, depending on where you go, here ...

In the high Andes Mountains of Peru lies Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire. It’s a popular destination for trekkers looking to visit monuments such as Machu Picchu. It’s also a protected ...

High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.

In February, an international team of climbers and scientists summitted the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere: Aconcagua in Argentina. After weeks of climbing and camping in extreme, rocky ...

On October 13, 1972, the Fairchild FH-227D aircraft transporting a delegation of the Old Christians rugby club to Santiago, Chile, crashed in the Andes mountains. The accident, which came to be ...

Fire victims from Altadena and Pacific Palisades have moved across Los Angeles and the country looking for firm footing to ...

The volcano Uturuncu, located in the Central Andes mountains, has seemingly risen from the dead. While the volcano has not erupted in more than 250,000 years, it has recently shown signs of ...

These training opportunities and expeditions — from King George Island in Antarctica to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic, and from the Andes to the eastern Tibetan Plateau — are ...

It's no coincidence that the Incas's vast network of roads, known as the Qhapaq Ñan, once joined in this city—even while ...

Uturuncu, a peak in the Central Andes mountain range, hasn’t erupted for more than 250,000 years. Recent signs of activity like gas plumes suggest the “zombie volcano” may be waking up ...

Low cloud coverage in the mountains could act as a fog in our mountain neighborhoods, so limited visibility is a possibility for the Tuesday commute in the mountains. Those clouds will keep ...