A river in Peru is reported to have hit temperatures as high as 210°F, says one expert who has visited the infamous body of ...

Artificial-intelligence tools are starting to allow nonexperts to search for patterns across the globe ...

Juliane Koepcke survived a 3km fall from a plane into the Peruvian Amazon. And that was just the start of her ordeal.

Illegal gold mining in southeastern Peru has fueled the destruction of a massive swath of rainforest and the killing of dozens of environmental activists. By Lisa Cavazuti, Cynthia McFadden ...

At least 28 species were new to science. Since the 1960s, more than 13% of the original Amazonian rainforest has been cleared. Most of the destruction has been concentrated in Brazil, but Peru is ...

The Amazonas region sits in Northern Peru, where the Andes mountains meet the rainforest – Chachapoyas is its capital city. It is an ecological phenomenon, a hub of biodiversity bursting with ...

Researchers from Arizona State University, along with their colleagues from the National University of the Peruvian Amazon, ...

Peru's agreement with the United States will help restore and protect some of the South American country's territories in the Amazon rainforest, in exchange for a US$20 million cut in its debt.