By Aimee Gabay Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent ...

Hidden within the Amazon Rainforest are rare, carbon-rich ecosystems known as peatlands, a type of swamp forest that’s key to ...

“Biodiversity in its full glory”—that’s how U.S. ecologist Kent Redford describes the enormous variety of animals and plants that thrive in and around Peru’s Manú National Par ...

(CNN)-- Chilean inspectors stumbled upon hundreds of exotic animals from Peru destined for illegal trade while conducting what they thought was going to be a routine inspection of a fishing boat ...

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Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and Wildlife Service A pet monkey escaped from a home in southern Peru, broke into nearby residences, and wreaked havoc until ...

The species was rediscovered in south-central Peru, about a 430-mile drive southeast from Lima. The research team includes Valia Herrera-Alva, Ernesto Castillo-Urbina, Alessandro Catenazzi ...

Peru's rich prehistoric record includes a recently discovered ancient river dolphin skull deemed as belonging to an animal that swam through the Peruvian Amazon some 16 million years ago.

Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and Wildlife Service A pet monkey escaped from a home in southern Peru, broke into nearby residences, and wreaked havoc until ...