Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a ...

Long before the age of the Inca, the Chuquibamba culture called the mountains and valleys of southern Peru home. The Inca, ...

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.

On a mountain ridge in Peru, a 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite sat in the afternoon sun. Its “distinct” yellow-ringed eyes scanned its surroundings, but it wasn’t the only one ...