Four beautifully preserved llamas have been discovered at a ritual sacrifice site in Peru. The llamas, still wearing their colorful adornments, serve as the first archaeological evidence linking the ...

This small gold model of a llama is a fitting offering for an Inca mountain god. The Incas revered gold as the sweat of the sun and believed that it represented the sun's regenerative powers. All gold ...

Lots of llama droppings helped the ancient Inca build the largest empire ever to exist in the Americas, according to a new study. Human populations took off and developed into complex societies in the ...

The Inca Empire owes much to the humble llama—and to the animal’s droppings. As a 2011 study of the fallen Andean civilization revealed, llama dung served as an essential fertilizer for the Incas’ ...

The most powerful civilization in South America before the arrival of Europeans was the mighty Inca empire, which ruled much of the continent’s Pacific coast from their home in the Peru highlands. And ...

The remains of five llamas that may have been ritually sacrificed by Incas have been found in Peru. It isn’t clear how the animals were killed, but it may have been a slow death. “I have no way to ...

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru’s capital Lima and ...

A beloved llama that lived in the Sequoia Park Zoo has died. Inca, who was 21, had arthritis and age-related pain that was no longer able to be managed. She had to be euthanized as her condition had ...