LIMA, Peru – Peru says special forces troops have destroyed 20 clandestine landing strips used to fly drugs out of the jungle to Bolivia and Brazil. Military authorities said Wednesday that the ...

I spent years going back and forth from Seattle to Peru before I eventually told myself I would have to commit to living in one place. It was a big choice, but I decided to relocate permanently to ...

An expedition with Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program did a species survey of Peru's Alto Mayo Landscape in 2024 The expedition recorded over 2,000 species during its 38-day survey ...

The leader of Peru's Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of police and protesters. Alberto Pizango, the head ...

Peru is considering sending in the army to break up protests by Amazonian Indians who claim the government is preparing a massive land grab in the country's remote jungles.

A massive gold mining zone in eastern Peru has turned thousands of acres of rain forest into wastelands. This strip of mining in La Pampa is 5 miles wide and 40 miles long.

FAIRFIELD -- Residents Jose and Julie Tamayo are working round the clock to locate Jose's father, Jose Eduardo "Pepe" Tamayo, who went missing Sept. 19 while traveling near Oxapampa, Peru, about ...

Several children were among the victims when a mudslide in Peru’s jungle Wednesday sent debris crashing onto homes, killing at least 11.

LIMA, Peru, Aug. 23 -- A Peruvian airliner carrying 100 people crashed Tuesday near a jungle town while attempting an emergency landing in a storm, killing at least 37 people.