Parrots are vibrant, charismatic, and fascinating creatures. They have become popular pets, but they are a huge ...

Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a sophisticated long-distance trade in live parrots, ferrying tropical birds hundreds ...

High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop. At nearly 18,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes, wild camelids called vicuñas ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

Clouded oncilla were among seven species with “unusual” coloring spotted in the Andes of Ecuador. Viteri-Basso E, Reyes Puig J, Reyes-Puig C, Ríos-Alvear G (2024) Biodiversity Data Journal In the ...

In the Peruvian Andes, a small species of frog remained undetected in the scientific record for more than a century. Alexander Schimmeck via Unsplash Along the highest points of the Andes, the rolling ...

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the animal that is at the origins of the beloved children ...

South America is the world’s most species-rich area. There have been many theories as to why, ranging from animals and plants accompanying the continent when it broke loose from Africa to variations ...