Not all forests are created equal. The massive green swaths of Peru’s Andean and Amazonian forests host a more diverse array of life than previously thought — much of which has been hidden beyond the ...

A major, 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean off Peru on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:36 a.m. Peru time about 5 miles ...

The research uses the chemical signals of tree communities to reveal their different survival strategies and identify priority areas for protection. Currently, the Carnegie Airborne Observatory’s ...

The maps of Peru, Bolivia and South America document Edmund Heller's work during the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. The folder includes photocopies of originals ...

In 1988, when British environmentalist Norman Myers first described the concept of a “biodiversity hotspot” – an area with at least 0.5 percent or 1,500 endemic plants that has lost 70 percent of its ...