Boulder, Colo.- Scientist Jean-Claude Thouret is worried about the one million people who live in the suburbs and city of Arequipa in southern Peru. The city's center is only 17 km from the summit of ...

A mysterious lumpy growth in Peru known as the yareta may count among the world’s oldest plants, according to the U.S Geological Survey. USGS photo by C. Harpel A mysterious lumpy growth in Peru that ...

Scientists found a “slender” camouflaged creature on a volcano in Peru and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Roy Santa-Cruz Thousands of feet up on a volcano in Peru, ...

This is El Misti Volcano in Peru. An article by Mirian Mamani et al. in the December 2009 issue of Geology examines the Central Andes of Northern Chile and Southern Peru which have been characterized ...

The Peruvian volcano El Misti appears to have woken from centuries of dormancy with signs of increased activity. Note, this DOES NOT mean there will be a volcanic eruption and activity remains within ...

El Misti volcano in Peru is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member on the International Space Station. The symmetric conical shape of El Misti is typical of a ...