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

Chemical analysis reveals traces of a number of psychoactive compounds thought to have been used to secure leaders' status ...

Credit: Dan Contereras/John Rick/Cover Images Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of humans smoking psychedelic drugs in the Peruvian Andes. Around 2,000 years before the Inca empire ...

the Andes are the world's longest continental mountain range. They pass through seven countries, including Colombia, Peru, ...

And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean ...

Travel is often about experiencing new places, cultures and histories. But some destinations take you deeper into history ...

A MYSTERIOUS ancient society was using hollowed-out bones to take drugs inside an “exclusive” psychedelics chamber. The long-abandoned drug den was where ancient Andeans would consume ...

It is another steamy morning in Puerto Maldonado, and Gabriel Granados Olivera and I are sitting on a low-slung motorized ...

Today, hikers can explore many routes, whether they prefer historic hikes or scenic nature trails. The Inca Trail winds through 26 miles of mountains and countryside in the Cusco region of southern ...

The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost. Maybe when the shock wears off,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

A record deposit of 80 million ounces of gold and silver and 12 million tons of copper has been discovered in the Argentine ...