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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From a fresh-fish program on Holland America Line to a Tundra to Table experience in the Arctic with Quark Expeditions, these ...

One of the new species was discovered in an unusual and “very difficult” to access location near the Rio Purus, a tributary ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a series of curious encounters has left biologists ... trumpetfish hide behind larger fish to ambush prey, and some marsupials resist snake venom—knowledge the ocelot may ...

Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South ...