Both Ecuador or Chile offer world-beating landscapes and wildlife encounters, but which is the best one to visit? Our ...

The largest flying birds in the world have wingspans of up to 3.5m; discover the five biggest, plus where they live and what ...

In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean condor bones from an archaeological site Castillo de Huarmey, providing ...

Sediment analysis and drone photography of the iconic South American monument of Monte Sierpe (aka "Band of Holes") support a new interpretation of this mysterious landscape feature as part of an ...

Archaeologists in Peru used cameras mounted on robots to explore the entrance to a 3,000-year-old sealed tunnel at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site in Peru. The excitement was static when ...

Birds are often admired for their lightness—feathers, fragile bones, effortless flight. But in rare cases, nature scales up. Some species grow so large that their ability to take off and stay airborne ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A California condor soars in the sky after being released in northern Arizona. (Photo courtesy AZ ...

Marine biologist: “Everything we do from when we get up in the morning to when we go to bed connects us to coral reefs.” ...

An “adorable” creature is making her fuzzy debut at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo — and she’s the first of her kind to be born there in the zoo’s history, officials said. Dolly the Andean condor chick has ...

In the Denver Zoo’s aviary, visitors can meet the playful Andean condors Evita and Andy. The enormous birds stand tall on top of the rocks. When Andy jumps toward his human audience, he spreads his ...

Andean condors are big birds! So, when one decides they want your popsicle, the best thing you can do is let them have it. In this extraordinary clip, an Andean condor in an animal park is on a ...