Peru – rich in biodiversity – is a hotspot for the wildlife trade. Reptiles, fish and birds are all trafficked locally and internationally.

How one Amazon community is trying to move on from illegal wildlife tourism Puerto Alegría, Peru, was notorious for illegal wild animal encounters. Now, residents are replacing captive anteaters ...

Join us for the travel adventure of a lifetime as we cruise down the Amazon river in Peru aboard the Delfin I luxury boat.

One of the largest wildlife rescues occurred in Peru, where police recovered 1,400 live animals and dismantled a group known as Los Depredadores del Oriente, accused of trafficking endangered species.

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon ...

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, where wildlife trafficking threatens hundreds of thousands of species.

The department of Loreto, in northeast Peru, shares a nearly uninhabited border with Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil, making it ideal for illegal logging and wildlife trafficking.

The green iguana is one of more than 100 species of reptiles and amphibians found in La Sierra del Divisor. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. The fate of La Sierra del Divisor, a 1.5 million hectare ...

Sloths, Manatees and More Animals Subjected to Abuse for Tourist Selfies, Investigation Reveals World Animal Protection recently released a report that shows the abuse Amazon animals undergo for ...

The miners also use toxic liquid mercury to separate precious metal from sediment.Wildlife biologist Gideon Erkenswick:"And so mercury in this process runs off into the environment or it gets ...

Travel the Amazon River, explore the forest floor and spend time with scientists in the Peruvian jungle on a 10-day workshop that focuses on conservation and wildlife.