Snuff tubes uncovered at Chavin de Huantar in Peru reveal how leaders used mystical experiences to cement their power.

Although their own name for themselves remains unknown, the Chavín of Peru clearly shared common agricultural techniques, ...

They’re blue, round, and small. And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean warbler is one of many bird species that ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing ...

There are different bear species worldwide. From the Andes Mountains to the Arctic Circle, depending on where you go, here ...

Animals with antlers comprise the deer family, Cervidae. Learn all about the different members of that family here.

A new analysis of wild gorillas in Rwanda indicates the effects of different social styles are dependent on context ...

The Anthropocene (The Age of Humans) has been proposed as a new geological epoch after or within the Holocene, and, if formalised, would be the first to be introduced based on geologically observable ...

Uturuncu, a lofty peak in the Central Andes mountain range ... a science writer and media producer whose work has appeared in Live Science, Scientific American and How It Works magazine.

It’s called the Mid-Ocean Ridge, and it is just over 40,000 miles long. In contrast, that’s much longer than the longest mountain range on land, which is the Andes. While the Andes are impressive in ...

These microscopic animals have survived conditions that would instantly ... have been found everywhere on Earth—from the deepest ocean trenches to the highest mountain peaks, from tropical rainforests ...