The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

Microbes in Peru’s peatlands regulate carbon cycle and influence climate Amazonian microbes could either mitigate or ...

The study highlights the urgent need to safeguard global tropical wetlands from human impact. Complex organisms, thousands of ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

The Pisco Basin is a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species and was an extensive sea in ancient times, making it a reservoir of marine fossils.

As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can significantly affect the ...

Peru, from Lima to Cusco - With a rich ancient past steeped in Incan history, this South American nation combines natural ...

The nearly complete Cosmopolitodus Hastalis fossil was found 235km south of Lima in Peru’s Pisco basin, a hot, desert area famed for ... which once inhabited the Amazon some 16 million years ago.

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...