Up on the high plains of the Atacama Desert, Chile's largest religious festival brings tens of thousands of worshippers together for a Catholic celebration with a twist. Up on the high plains of the ...

Many Chinchorro remains have fractures to the arms and legs, most likely from slipping on wet rocks. Looking down ...

Chile has launched an effort to reduce textile waste that has led creating some 4,000 illegal dumps across the country, ...

LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid ...

Can you picture living where rain is a rare miracle? From Chile to California, these are the world’s driest places, where life survives against all odds.

The driest place in the world recently received some unexpected moisture. On June 25 2025, snow fell on the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth. The unexpected storm swept through the high ...