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

Nine million years ago, in the shadow of the rising Andes Mountains, a key ancestor of the beloved modern-day potato was born ...

A chance encounter between a wild tomato and a potato-like plant 9 million years ago is why we have modern-day potatoes, ...

There's so much to do and see in Argentina. Here, Travel + Leisure A-List advisor Carola Fresno shares what sites to see, ...

With a wingspan up to 10 feet in length, the mighty Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world. Found ...

The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...

Three new types of frogs were discovered during off-road scientific expeditions in the remote cloud-shrouded peaks of the ...

Dani Arnold, Alexander Huber, and Simon Gietl have opened a difficult, route in the Peruvian Andes that just may be the most ...

A bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region has overturned on a highway in the Andes Mountains, leaving at least 18 people dead and 48 injured.