Passing scientists noticed the “smooth” animal; they didn’t know it at the time, but they’d just discovered a new species. Researchers visited several sites throughout Peru between 2000 ...

Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

By Aimee Gabay Ever since the Upamayo Dam on Peru’s Lake Chinchaycocha was built in 1932, floods have become a frequent ...

Species endangered by this fearsome marine animal that remained hidden in the ... that the first assessments of the skeletal remains of Peru's so-called 'sea monster', an ancient whale considered ...

But they are long. Paul Williams/FlickrThe Condor, one of the 70 plant and animal geoglyphs that make up Peru’s Nazca Lines.

Martín Maceda can still rattle off the exact date of his most memorable fishing encounter. On March 1, 2014, he was 8 ...

Gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, is destroying rare peatland swamps that serve as critical carbon sinks, a new study found ...

Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and Wildlife Service A pet monkey escaped from a home in southern Peru, broke into nearby residences, and wreaked havoc until ...

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately handle rising violent crime in the Andean country.

Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a ...