The process is fast and relatively cheap, and it remains legal in Peru despite mercury’s harmful effects on human health. (In the heart of the Amazon, this pristine wilderness shows nature’s ...

The Achuar are among 20 indigenous nationalities representing almost 500,000 people living in a swathe of rainforest straddling the Peru-Ecuador border, often referred to as the Amazon Sacred ...

Alexander Boldizar and his son, Samson, posted these photos on social media about their trip down the Amazon River in Peru. The pair are now stuck in the country because of international travel ...

The river begins in the high slopes of the Andes to the east and marks the park’s northern frontier. It eventually joins the Amazon River to the west, after crossing into Peru.

LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian navy vessel collided with an oil platform operated by Perenco on the Amazon River leaving two people dead and one missing Peru's defense ministry said on Friday.

The rare clip shows people from the Mashco-Piro tribe standing along the Amazon river banks in Peru. The men walk towards the rover's shores as they're watched by onlookers, pulling what appear to ...

Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river dolphin that once swam in waters that are now the Amazon, and whose closest living relative is the ...

Rountree recorded 60 different species of fish, and over 500 individuals, during his time on the Amazon river in Peru, including four different types of piranhas and several catfish.

The river seems stationary, as if it’s dragging the glowing-green, hill-free riverbanks towards us like dual conveyor belts. In theory, we could see 1000 of Peru’s 1900 bird species today.