MastercardAs Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas sat chewing coca leaves with a local elder high in the Andes, his ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

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For a scenic trip to the Andes, head to this charming tourist-friendly and white-walled city with a vibrant culture that is ...

At a remote location in Dolpa District, north-western Nepal, yak herders churn butter from fresh milk by hand, using age-old ...

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

The researchers examined tree leaves collected as part of the Madidi Project, a large-scale survey of flora in the Madidi region of the Andes mountains ... species. High in the mountains, even ...

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also ...

In Ricaurte, Colombia, more than 50 people suffer from the most common hereditary intellectual disability on the planet.

Sudden floods in the Himalayas are leading to severe psychological impacts. A PhD student hopes her research will help.