BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries ...

Fears Amazon is in ‘delicate situation’ over rising mercury pollution - One figure stressed that health risks are particularly acute in the Amazon, where access to medical services is scarce ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

The Andean Community has ruled against Peru for not addressing illegal gold mining and mercury use, threatening Amazon rivers ...

Peru's rejection of a nature reserve for isolated Indigenous is part of a sordid history of mistreating native Amazonians.

Recent studies led by an international consortium of researchers, including scientists from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of poisonous frog—brightly colored and measuring just a few millimeters—in the ...

Researchers from the UAB and the UB are working with Indigenous Amazonian communities to understand health issues from a ...

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 today. Peru is home to the ...

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 ...

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 ...