South America keeps drawing bigger crowds every year, and the reasons are obvious once you've stood at the base of a glacier ...

While collecting avocado leaf samples in Nicaragua, archaeobotanist Kevin Wann finally tasted the fruit he has spent years ...

Using Leaf Samples and Insights From Local Farmers, Researchers Reveal a Hotbed of Avocado Diversity in Central America That Could Boost Sustainable Agriculture and Commercial Varieties A team of ...

Vicunas are the smallest members of the camel family and are native to the high alpine areas of the Andes Mountains in South ...

People brought large avocado seeds from South America to Central America, kicking off a burst of diversity for the fruit ...

Venezuela says three people died of infections of hantavirus but stressed there has been no evidence of human-to-human ...

While gardeners are accustomed to the occasional peculiar fruit or flower, some botanical discoveries defy expectation, ...

Answer help for Take a Letter, featuring one of today's clues: South American mountain range, from USA TODAY Daily Crossword ...

Las Condes in Santiago, Chile showcases a modern urban landscape where contemporary architecture, wide avenues, green spaces, ...

In Wyoming beef country, many small ranchers now raise alpacas. Their fleece is great and their poop is exceptional for ...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, local authorities said on Sunday.

The earthquake struck around 9:20 p.m., and it happened at a depth of roughly 6.2 miles about a mile away from Sicaya, which is in central Peru, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Peru's ...