A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law has sparked intense backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous ...

An amendment to a Peruvian law has shaken environmentalists who warn it may accelerate Amazon deforestation in the name of ...

Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

G old mining is putting an immense strain on the Amazon rainforest, but the trees might have a secret weapon up their bark.

About 60% of the Amazon is in Brazil, but the Amazon spans Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname ... and rely on the rainforest's "natural bounty for food, shelter and livelihoods." ...