The Andes and the Himalayas are two of the most impressive mountain ranges on Earth, but they differ in many fascinating ways ...

The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America ...

A Chilean observatory has unveiled the largest telescope in the world, equipped with a simply massive camera and capable to ...

In Argentina's northwest, where the Andes Mountains lie, you’ll find a wild and vast region unlike any other. There is the ...

Food staples are crucial foods that often make up the majority of a population's diet. These can include foods like rice, ...

Scientists reveal that potatoes were born from tomatoes through natural hybridisation 9 million years ago in South America, ...

You say potato, I say tomato? It turns out that one helped create the other: Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and ...

French photographer Marguerite Bornhauser ventured onto the Colombian volcano, at an altitude of over 5,000 meters, in the summer of 2024. She captured the strangeness of its sculpted landscapes, ...

Not all volcanoes look like towering peaks—they can also appear as cracks in the ground or flat, wide lava plains.

Scientists have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled researchers for years: where did the modern-day potato come from? A ...

Utility AES Andes has started construction on two renewable energy projects in Chile, with a combined 1.3GW of capacity.