This metro Phoenix peak famous for its hiking is named after the first Native American woman to die while serving overseas in the U.S. military.

There has been a huge push to plant native trees across the Andes in recent years. And it’s been a success. This is episode 23 of Stories of Resistance, in honor of Earth Day.

South Korea will support the preservation and sustainable management of Peru's Machu Picchu, one of the world's most iconic ...

“It’s hot here, but cooler in the Karakoram. You’ll see when you’re in the mountains.” Aneeqa has her hair loose and is wearing a paisley shalwar kameez (tunic and loose trousers ...

The Lincoln-based band will perform in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at The Tassel in Holdrege. Kusi Taki specializes in music of the Andean cultures of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Chile. The name of the ...

Ari Caramanica receives funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest ...

Long before the age of the Inca, the Chuquibamba culture called the mountains and valleys of southern Peru home. The Inca, despite their fame and mark left on the country, belonged to “just a blip” in ...

Screengrab from Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław's Facebook post Long before the age of the Inca, the Chuquibamba culture called the mountains and valleys of southern Peru home.

The U.S. Forest Service said the decision to allow oil and gas leasing to continue in Elko County’s Ruby Mountains was brought on by a presidential executive order titled “Unleashing ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic tectonic collision that created the Himalayas.

Photo from Edgar Lehr via Lehr, Lundberg, Cusi, Sites Jr., Torres and Aguilar-Puntriano (2025) On a mountain ridge in Peru, a 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite sat in the afternoon sun.