Reese Erlich reports on the rise in vicuna poaching in the high plains of the Peruvian Andes. The animal's hair is used to make some of the finest and most expensive wool garments in the world, and ...

I magine the sound that a boom box the size of a gymnasium might produce, the rumble and clang of its music echoing through ...

The reconstructed head and torso of Peru’s most famous mummy was revealed in a ceremony Tuesday, unveiling what experts believe the teen girl might have looked like when she was alive. Produced by a ...

The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (PROMPERÚ) has announced that Peru has been recognized as the ...

Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling mountaintops can get cold. Animals there, including small amphibians far from their tropical rainforest relatives, have to be built to withstand the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIMA, Peru (AP) — More than 15 homes in a ...

With an elevation of over 6,000m and treacherous routes to the summit, Mt. Artesonraju in the Peruvian Andes rarely sees ascents. The tragic deaths this month of an experienced climbing party show why ...

CCONCHACCOTA, Peru — From her home under the baking sun of Peru’s southern Andes, Vilma Huamaní can see the small Cconchaccota lagoon, the axis of her community’s life. It has been a source of trout, ...

Scientists have described a new species of mouse opossum discovered in 2018 in the cloud forests of the Peruvian Andes, 2,664 ...

CCONCHACCOTA, Peru — From her home under the baking sun of Peru’s southern Andes, Vilma Huamaní can see the small Cconchaccota lagoon, the axis of her community’s life. It has been a source of trout, ...

Martin Mejia / AP LIMA, Peru — People poured into Peru’s coastal capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest Thursday against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, ...

A German court is set to rule Wednesday - tomorrow - on a groundbreaking climate lawsuit that could set a global precedent. Here are the details. A Peruvian farmer is suing a major energy company, ...