Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling ...

Mercury air pollution in parts of Madre de Dios is more than 5.5 times higher than the WHO's safety levels. The investigation uncovered a network involving organized crime groups allegedly centered ...

By Aimee Gabay More than 130 Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon were left isolated after a severe drought caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving families with little food ...

Scientists have identified more than two dozen previouslyunknown fish species in Peru and the Amazon Basin, uncovering a fascinating array of aquatic life. Among the discoveries are a blob-headed ...

Santiago Alvez remembers growing up in the Peruvian Amazon, hunting for game and fishing along the Tigre River and nearby oxbow lakes with his father and grandfather. Alvez, now 67, would go on to ...

Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating ...

The study also warned of contaminated fish. “It is not just José Olaya; it is the other communities that are in the area, like Doce de Octubre or Nuevo Porvenir. They are contaminated.

Peru – the Amazon and Beyond. 11/3/2016 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Joseph sets out on a discovery of the Amazon Rainforest that includes daybreak bird watching, night safaris in ...

The Amazon has a long history of extractive booms, but starting in the 1960s, Peru increasingly pushed the colonization of the jungle through decades of building roads and export hubs, subsidizing ...

Our trip began in Iquitos, Peru, the world’s largest non-island city that can’t be reached by car. We boarded the Aqua Nera, Aqua Expedition’s newest Amazon ship, with room for up to 40 ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold ...