The Ocucaje Desert in southern Peru has long been a goldmine for paleontologists, revealing fossils that provide glimpses ...

Step back in time at the ruins of one of the oldest cities in the world. This massive Peruvian pyramid complex is the ideal ...

As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red.

Peru's Ocucaje desert is rich in fossils, such as four-legged dwarf whales, dolphins, sharks and other species from the Miocene period -- between 5 and 23 million years ago -- that were previously ...

The remains of a young marine crocodile have been discovered in a Peruvian desert. The fossils date back 10 to 12 million years ago. The fossil is of a gharial crocodile, which eats fish.

Mammal bites dinosaur in ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ fossil find Extrapolating from some massive bones found in the Peruvian desert, an international team of researchers estimated that the animal had ...

The nearly-complete Cosmopolitodus Hastalis fossil was found some 235 km (146 miles) south of Lima in Peru's Pisco basin, a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species.

(In the neighbouring Peruvian desert, home of the famous Nazca Lines, drones and artificial intelligence recently helped archaeologists discover more than 300 previously unknown geoglyphs.) ...

The findings mark the culmination of a six-month field survey by the university, which researches these massive figures in the Peruvian desert. So far, 430 pieces of geoglyphs drawn about 2,000 ...

GETTY IMAGES The race began for the first time on the desert sands south of Lima before gradually becoming more difficult as it enters Argentinian soilPicture: EPA Credit: EPA The motorcycle ...