The Virgin was a familiar subject in paintings from this period; as a divine mother, she was the intercessor between people, seen below, and the Holy Trinity ... period— because a female deity named ...

If warming continues, the Earth could lose 68% of its glaciers, a prior study estimated. In parts of the Andes and other mountain ranges, including the Rocky Mountains, many people depend on mountain ...

U.S. enduro racer Marco "Randy" Osborne and Ella Conolly of Scotland took first-places overall for the Pro Men’s and Pro ...

I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains in the Bolivian Andes. My optimism, my determination ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered an ancient labyrinthine system of tunnels hidden beneath the Peruvian city of Cusco, a former Inca stronghold nestled in the Andes mountains. The tunnel ...

The ancient mountains of the Andes are home to spectacled bears ... The water security of the millions of people who live in the foothills of the Andes is also at risk. Constantino Aucca Chutas ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

After 72 days stranded, they were finally rescued, but only 16 people survived the dangerous ... of 26,000 feet to fly directly over the Andes Mountain range. The pilots chose a U-shaped route ...