Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists found through analysis of 1,179 projectile points that the rise of archery technology dates to around 5,000 years ago.

developing solutions to today’s environmental challenges. On the windswept slopes of the Andes mountains, rugged forests grow. These exceptionally hardy trees and shrubs, known as Polylepis, have ...

Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans 8900 kilometers along South America's western periphery, is up to 700 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air ...

Deep in the Andes mountains, the weathered walls of an ancient town poke out from the dried dirt. The ruins were discovered in the northern Argentinian Hualfin Valley by archaeologists in the 1920s, ...

Researchers describe zircons from the Andes mountains of Patagonia. Although the zircons formed when tectonic plates were colliding, they have a chemical signature associated with when the plates were ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

Vicuña Corp. is set to significantly increase its investment in major copper and mineral projects in the Andes Mountains on the Argentina–Chile border. The company's endeavors could greatly impact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the Andes mountains, the weathered walls of an ancient town poke out from the dried dirt. The ruins were discovered in the ...

The cloud-covered Pacific coast of the South American nation of Chile contrasts with the Andes Mountain range and the cloud formations extending over Argentina.