The North Carolina Zoo announced the death of Inca, its last ocelot. “Inca lived a long, full life filled with love and enriching experiences thanks to the extraordinary care she received from our ...

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. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them ...

In an era devoid of the internet and telephone, the ancient Inca—reigning from the 15th to 16th centuries—turned to the Chasqui runners to provide direct communication. Operating in the Andean ...

Earnings announcements are one of the few scheduled events that consistently move markets. Prices react not just to the reported numbers, but to how those numbers compare with expectations. A small ...

The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching more than a mile, the labyrinth connected the Temple of the Sun to key ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching ...

Along a rocky ridge in Peru, a formation of more than 5,000 closely aligned holes creeps up a mountain like a mile-long snake. When archaeologist Charles Stanish first glimpsed this giant “Band of ...

A hillside in Peru covered by more than 5000 aligned holes may have been a giant Inca accounting device – a spreadsheet, but on a monumental scale. Tracing across the slopes of Monte Sierpe (Serpent ...

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...

In the remote town of Huaytará, Peru, the building that houses the Church of San Juan Bautista is more than what it seems. It was built upon a three-walled Incan structure called a carpa uasi that ...