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

Travel to Peru for an Amazon River cruise or tour? You’ll want to hear what happened to one family before booking your jungle adventure.

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 ...

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

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

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

The Marañón River in the Peruvian Amazon. Last year, the Kukama women's group Huaynakana Kamatahuara Kana triumphed in a landmark court case in Peru that recognized the Marañón and its ...