After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.

Argentina may initially appear difficult ... the palpable sense of peace in towns like Pucon. In the north, the Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, dominated by towering volcanoes and ...

Another seizure in November 2020 found more illegally traded cacti from the United States, Mexico and Argentina ... The cacti are now in an Atacama Desert greenhouse managed by the National ...