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

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

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.

They’re big, like an overweight Peruvian dog,” is how photographer Santiago Romaní describes giant otters (Pteronura ...

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 ...

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

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

THE homeless man who befriended rough sleeper British tourist Hannah Almond in Peru has tragically died just days after she ...

can be found throughout the Amazon river basins in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Venezuela. These creatures can only be found in freshwater, and the population is estimated ...

In The Spirit of the Rainforest, Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza weaves indigenous wisdom with scientific discovery in an ...