A species of leaf-eared mouse, called Phyllotis vaccarum, has surprised scientists by making the summits of the Andes mountains its home. The mouse holds the record for the highest living mammal.

A bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region has overturned on a highway in the Andes Mountains, leaving at least 18 ...

An image captured by NASA’s Terra satellite is giving us a new and stunning look at how a rare snowfall cloaked the Atacama ...

LIMA, Peru — A bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region overturned on a highway in the Andes Mountains, leaving at least 18 people dead and 48 injured, authorities said Friday.

The soil in high-elevation, cooler, drier tropical forests in the Colombian Andes stores more carbon from fires than lower, ...

With peeling barstools, cheap beers and a well-worn pool table, America’s dive bars are the great equalizers. And one cozy ...

Survivors of the 1972 Andes flight disaster have “no regrets” over resorting to cannibalism to fend off death long enough to be rescued.. Uruguayan Air Force flight 57 – a chartered trip ...

Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber, and Simon Gietl have opened a difficult, route in the Peruvian Andes that just may be the most ...

Classic sweet and tangy cream cheese mints are elevated with a delightful surprise: a chocolatey Andes mint. These candies ...

Fewer than six individuals of the new rare species have been found over the last 16 years despite targeted efforts to ...

The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and boasts some of the highest peaks. The range is also known for its volcanoes, ruins of long-ago civilizations and the source of a malaria ...

DANDY ANDES: The Andes Hotel has become a chic destination that offers entertainment and local produce, not unlike what you can find at a local farmstand (above). (Julie Lewis)SECOND THOUGHTS: Broo… ...