The "Nazca mummies" were discovered in Peru in 2015 and, due to certain peculiarities (size, shape, three fingers on each hand), were initially presented as possible extraterrestrial mummies. Various ...

The tiny charismatic frog is just one of thousands. Not long ago, herpetologist and lifelong frog collector Devin Edmonds spent hours with colleagues scouring nearly 8,500 listings such as these on ...

A lizard with a prominent nose, lost for 150 years, has been rediscovered in Peru, raising concerns about its fragile natural habitat.

Nearly one month after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) announced that Peru was free of Newcastle disease, ...

The use of seabird poop as a fertilizer for corn and other food crops supported the expansion of pre-Inca civilizations ...

At the height of the Chincha Kingdom’s power 800 years ago, the valley was home to roughly 100,000 people. Before they ...

Sloth photos used to be marketed as harmless bucket-list moments. That framing is changing fast. Wildlife agencies and tourism boards are putting clearer limits on handling, and Costa Rica’s own ...

An expedition to one of Earth’s most remote corners yielded a remarkable new species, but the discovery comes with an urgent warning Imagine a forest so high, cold and remote that almost no scientist ...

Scholarship Committee awarded $1,500 scholarships to Kristalyn Benson, University of Wisconsin (UW), Emma Sells, Washington ...

Peruvian and French scientists discovered a new frog species, the Oreobates shunkusacha, in the San Martín region of the Amazon forest in Peru, and warned that it should be classified as an endangered ...

Scientists have used a combination of drone technology and environmental DNA analysis to detect animals that live in the rainforest canopy in the Peruvian Amazon. Using the technology, researchers ...