“In a community-based conservation system, if everything is built correctly, then not only is there no overhunting, there is ...

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, there is a real river that steams like a cauldron and reaches temperatures above 90°C. It is so hot that falling into the wrong section can cause severe burns in seconds, ...

Abigail Morris first visited the Peruvian Amazon when she was 6 years old. Now, as a Ph.D. candidate in the Animal Behavior ...

What’s lurking in and around the rainforest canopy? That’s a hard question to answer, especially in tall and dense forests. Traditional tracking methods, like camera traps, often miss out on elusive ...

Alaska received 7 feet of snow, sinking boats and collapsing roofs Mark Cuban has a solution for the $38 trillion national debt: Fine health insurers for falling short US launches operation to seize ...

There are nearly 90 unique tarantula species in Peru, ranging from nine-inch giants to tarantulas named after Star Wars ...

A research team from Munich has identified a previously unknown communication mechanism in harvestmen. Five closely related ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Silvopastoral systems, which combine trees and pasture, are still not widely used across Latin America, mainly because of prohibitive costs and ...

The official currency of Peru is the Peruvian Sol (PEN). The population of Peru is 34 million, with 11 million people living in Lima. If you’re planning a trip into the rainforest, you’ll need to ...

Visiting Peru was an 11-day family adventure. After taking a three-night cruise on the Amazon River and embarking on jungle ...

Friedrich, S., Schwager, M., Heß, M., Glaw, F. & Lehmann, T. Evidence for fluorescence-supported species recognition in syntopic harvestmen. Sci Rep 16, 2631 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026 ...

This week brings something new — an Armchair Traveler series I’m exploring for 2026. Take a mini-trip with me as we venture in a literary way to a new country each month. Grab your virtual passport, b ...