This incredibly large find is located in the Vicuña Mineral Resource, which is situated in the San Juan Province of Argentina and the Atacama Region of Chile.

Melting glaciers in Boulder release sulfate into wetlands, increasing methylmercury production and ecosystem risks.

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Alpacas are small camelid mammals raised by the ancient Incas in South America over 6000 years ago. Kept in herds, alpacas ...

Every year, over 1,000 lives are lost on Peru’s mountain roads, BBC Earth Explore has reported in a video documenting the route. The short documentary follows a bus driver named Glorioso as he ...

A groundbreaking genetic study traces the migration of Indigenous Americans from Asia, unveiling their ancestral origins and ...

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 ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists have long worried that mountain species are on an "extinction ...

The statement concluded with a call for the Sagarmatha Sambaad to drive action, not just dialogue. Nepal urged the global ...

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

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Chairs began planning the first-ever Booth Machu Picchu trek via the Inca Trail. Hours before departure, they had to change their hike to something unknown.