Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear ...

High in northern Peru, three frogs no bigger than a thumbprint have stepped out of anonymity and into the scientific ...

Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the Algodón, merge near the northern border of Peru, and the region shaped by these rivers is home to thousands of species of animals and plants.

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A German court has thrown out a climate lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against power company RWE over ...

A pontiff from Chiclayo: How Peru is reacting to Pope Leo XIV Residents in Chiclayo, Peru, have fond memories of Leo’s work as bishop, but some question his record in responding to abuse.

Archaeologists have found evidence that psychedelic drugs and 'snuff tubes' were used in rituals at a pre-Inca site in Peru. Researchers published their findings from Chavín de Huántar, an ...

Janinna Sesa worked alongside Pope Leo XIV in Chiclayo, Peru from 2015 until 2023. She spoke with NPR about his leadership in times of crisis.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in ...

Prevost was the driving force for the purchase of two oxygen-production plants during the coronavirus pandemic, which killed more than 217,000 people across Peru.

Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as an archbishop. That made him the first pope from each country.