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.

A new species of deer, Pudella carlae, has been identified in the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, marking the first new ...

“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 ...

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.

Why it's incredible: The mountains' folded rocks form stunning rainbow patterns. As the name suggests, China's Rainbow Mountains are multicolored formations in the northwest of the country.

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.