Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.

A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...

Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport ...

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the ...

Ancient parrots really got around. A new analysis of their DNA found that humans transported living Amazonian macaw parrots across the Andes mountains to coastal Peru hundreds of years before the Inca ...

Seabird poop played a key role in Chincha Kingdom agriculture, fueling economic growth and political influence in ancient Peru.

Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

The Urubamba River flows through Peru’s Sacred Valley, one of the most historically and naturally significant regions of the ...