The volcanoes of the dry and arid Atacama desert in Argentina and Chile climb roughly 20,000 feet above sea ... Two pairs of the leaf-eared mummies found on Salín were also closely ...

Ana Vicente and her team at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro began their quest for ancient pinworm RNA at San Pedro de Atacama, a pre-Incan village that was once part of an important trade ...

The Atacama Desert receives rain only a few times a year. The intense sun and harsh conditions make plant and animal life almost nonexistent. That has left the desert virtually untouched, Dr ...