Experts say the bee species keeps the Amazon's ecosystems pollinated and produces honey with medicinal properties ...

In a global first, Peru recognizes stingless bees as rights-bearing species, reshaping how insects fit into environmental law ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

By Enrique Vera On a small airplane, José Manuyama, a professor, frowns and shakes his head with anguish while thousands of ...

Dozens of uncontacted people deep in the Peruvian Amazon have been captured on camera just several miles from a number of logging areas, a human rights group said, and they are believed to be from the ...

SUCUSARI, Peru (AP) — It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon So far, it ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published Thursday. Peru is home to ...

Achuar Indigenous people from the community of José Olaya live near sites impacted by oil-related activity in and around their territory. According to reports by Peru’s environmental authority, toxic ...

As I backflipped off the skiff into the tannin-filled black waters of an Amazon River tributary, I briefly remembered that the jungle’s largest fish, the paiche, which can grow to be as much as 15 ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their territory took their case to an international human rights body ...