For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

At 8 a.m., 15 divers from the Artisanal Fishers Association Cristóbal Colón meet on Carrizales beach in the Marcona district of Nazca province in southern Peru. They tie a mesh bag to their waist and ...

Alpaca are a vital part of Peru’s culture and economy. Their wool is used to make sweaters, gloves, hats and the signature ...

Katy Esquivel decided to let me drive her beautiful car and I got it stuck in the sand dunes of Huacachina. Hope she will one day forgive me. Hope you enjoyed Peru!

A court in Peru has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 years and six months in jail for corruption and money-laundering. Prosecutors say he took $35m (£27m) in bribes from a ...

ViralBear Dog chases green light in Chimbote, Peru Posted: October 28, 2024 | Last updated: October 28, 2024 On August 12, 2024, in Chimbote, Peru, a video shared by @jasonellr captured a dog ...

As behavioral ecologists, we are interested in how adverse experiences early in life can affect animals' behavior, including the kinds of decisions they make and the way they interact with the ...

The third-largest outbreak in history of the deadly Marburg virus was sparked by a single jump of the pathogen from an animal to humans, preliminary genomic evidence shows. The outbreak began last ...

Golden retrievers are highly intelligent and are known for their work as guide dogs, search-and-rescue dogs, and great emotional support animals. About as dedicated as they come, golden retrievers are ...

This past spring, Harvard University evolutionary biologist Joanna Wolfe, Ph.D., was in Okinawa, Japan, gathering information for her research on carcinization, or the study of how animals take on ...

Peru’s capital of Lima was mostly paralyzed Wednesday, the second time in about a month, as the megacity’s bus drivers walked off the job to protest a surge in extortion and organized crime.

A wave of extortions pushed Peru's government last month to declare a state of emergency in much of the capital of over 10 million people, but organizers of Wednesday's strike say the widely ...