Peru and Brazil signed an energy agreement that included the construction of several hydroelectric power plants in the ...

Far from smoothie bars and powdered sachets, these wild Amazonian juices are pulped just hours after picking – making them ...

Aaron Castranova, 41, from Alabama, died on June 1 after allegedly ingesting an ayahuasca brew at the La Casa de Guillermo ...

Drawn by the ancient Incan citadel, a growing number of travellers are waking up to the wealth of attractions that Peru has to offer.

The Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a license to blast a natural rock barrier on the Tocantins River in Pará ...

A deadly river that boils without volcanoes, hidden deep in Peru’s jungle. Worshipped by shamans, feared by scientists—Shanay-Timpishka is real, and it may be a glimpse into Earth’s future.

AWAY from the ancient stones of Machu Picchu, Peru is a nation in the grip of a brutal crime wave, with hundreds of gangs ...

Veteran diver and photojournalist Thomas Peschak reflects on a multi-year expedition aimed at Amazon science and storytelling ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.

You can read about the Amazon forest for years and still not come close to grasping how strange its wildlife really is. The ...

It also shows how tightly her life is bound to the river. People who knew Canaquiri as a young woman in the Kukama Indigenous village of Shapajilla, in the Peruvian Amazon, cheered when she won ...

A BRITISH backpacker who vanished in Peru has been found – but remains on the streets too terrified to trust anyone offering ...