One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

was originally discovered in 2023 in the Ocucaje desert, in Ica, which is about 190 miles (350 kilometers) south from Peru’s capital, Lima. "This is the first time we found a juvenile of this ...

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.

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

The Nazca Lines are enormous geoglyphs located in the Peruvian desert southeast of Lima. Massive, white strips that depict pictures and geometric designs, the lines were long ago carved into the ...

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 ...

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.

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...