Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.

James March, 24, has been reflecting after finishing his latest challenge, a gruelling ultra-marathon in the Amazon rainforest. With fellow participant Greg Garner from Newcastle-under-Lyme, ...

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.

Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and ...

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...

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 ...

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

Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed ...

Lands inhabited by Indigenous peoples in the tropics host much of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 60 million ...

The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial ...

Gold mining in the Amazon is devastating soil and water; combined with heat, water loss, and topsoil depletion, it's stalling ...