Peru is located on the Pacific coast of South America, just south of the equator. It is considered one of the most ...

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 ...

For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor - the world's largest flying bird - nesting in Peru. The team spent about six hours a ...

High in the Peruvian Andes, a serrated stripe of pits cuts across a barren hillside, so regular and extensive that early ...

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, ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) – A Peruvian rescue team has found the bodies of three young American mountaineers, including a student from Brigham Young University, killed during an icy climb high in the Andes ...

High in the Andes, a Peruvian farmer challenges a European energy giant as a German court nears a landmark climate ruling. A German court is set to rule Wednesday - tomorrow - on a groundbreaking ...