Peru has acknowledged that miners operating in an area once protected around the famed Nazca Lines can now begin the process ...

The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against" human rights abuses ...

A deadly river that boils without volcanoes, hidden deep in Peru’s jungle. Worshipped by shamans, feared by scientists—Shanay-Timpishka is real, and it may be a glimpse into Earth’s future.

Cases of yellow fever have been on the rise in various parts of South America, tripling 2024 numbers for the mosquito-borne ...

Researchers in Peru have considerably expanded the known footprint of Gran Pajatén, a pre-Hispanic settlement of the ...

Gold mining in the Amazon removes so much water from the ground that it's too hot and dry for seedlings to survive.

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren't growing back after gold mining—not just because the soil is damaged by toxic metals, ...

Veteran diver and photojournalist Thomas Peschak reflects on a multi-year expedition aimed at Amazon science and storytelling ...

What one British backpacker’s terrifying experience reveals about the hidden dangers—and unexpected humanity—of traveling ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

The mountain dominates the western coast of New Zealand's North Island, also known as Aotearoa. Its peak is like the center ...

Nearly 17 million acres of tropical forest were destroyed last year, according to the University of Maryland's 2024 tree ...