New research shows that the potato may have evolved from a tomato ancestor nearly nine million years ago. The study explains ...

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

LAKE ANDES, S.D. — Just outside Lake Andes, a steel grain bin once used to store corn and soybeans has been converted into a ...

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 ...

Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have revealed a surprising origin story: modern potatoes emerged from natural ...

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 ...

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 ...

From July 13 to 15, 2025, HDry athlete Dani Arnold, together with Alexander Huber and Simon Gietl, completed an extraordinary ...

Classic sweet and tangy cream cheese mints are elevated with a delightful surprise: a chocolatey Andes mint. These candies ...

Heavy but wet: Nevados de Chillán grabs 14–20″ Wednesday night plus another 5–8″ Thursday day for storm totals of 19–28″ (SLR ...

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

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.