The team believes that humans living in Pachacamac captured several species of Amazonian macaw parrots that were native to the lowland rainforest just east of the Andes. The birds were then carried ...

Parrots and other brightly colored Amazon birds were transported across the Andes long before the rise of the Inca Empire, a new study published in Nature Communications reveals. The research, led by ...

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.

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

Discover the harsh realities of La Rinconada, Peru, the highest city in the world, where extreme altitude, crime, and gold mining impact lives and the environment.

The Peruvian government was sued in the US by a highway concessionaire trying to collect a $99 million arbitration award stemming from protests that blocked it from collecting tolls in the South ...

Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon.

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

The vibrant feathers of Amazonian parrots were both a fashion statement and a symbol of power for civilizations predating the ...

The hyper-arid coastal desert of Peru is an unlikely place to find the electric-blue and brilliant scarlet feathers of tropical rainforest parrots. Yet, during a 2005 excavation at the religious ...