By Mongabay.com Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon are working to revive populations of the aguaje palm tree, commercially valued for its fruits, by shifting to more sustainable harvesting ...

The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into ...

Peru's giant shihuahuaco trees are threatened by commercial pressure By Amanda Chaparro (Las Piedras River, Madre de Dios, special correspondent) Published on February 22, 2024, at 4:00 am (Paris) ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The first two leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru began climbing trees inside their cages at a Lima zoo Wednesday in their first appearance before the public.

Few studies have measured the extent of the decline, but in 2012, a researcher found that due to the heavy felling of aguaje trees in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in northern Peru’s ...

An Andean bear named Ruru slowly wakes up after being tranquilized in Peru. Scientists fit him with a GPS collar that tracked his movements and behavior, while another four bears wore Crittercams.

Peru has dancing horses, walking trees, llamas and alpacas, lunch or afternoon tea in the cloisters of a 17th century seminary and dinner gazing out at the Pacific Ocean.