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

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...

“We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from.” The paper describing the hybridisation event has been published in the journal Cell. Domestic potatoes are incredibly diverse, but it ...

After diving into the poles, it’s time to shift our focus to two of the world’s most iconic mountain ranges,the Andes and the Himalayas. As someone who’s spent much of my life near the towering peaks ...

Blizzard Expected To Dump 20 Inches of Snow at Chile's Ski Resorts first appeared on Powder on Jul 29, 2025 Hurricane Iona ...

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

Andes plane crash survivors reunite 50 years after being forced to resort to cannibalism Survivors gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their horrific ordeal, dubbed "Miracle in the Andes" ...

The Andes Hotel is not the honky-tonk I remember. Neither is the sleepy village of Andes, situated halfway between Woodstock and Cooperstown, about three hours from New York City.

Fewer than six individuals of the new rare species have been found over the last 16 years despite targeted efforts to ...

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.