Editor's note: This is the first of three posts describing our reporting trip to a remote research station in the Amazon rainforest. TAMBOPATA, Peru – A flashlight flicked on and two glowing eyes ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Hispanic Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories in the fields of nature and conservation. From a very ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Research and exploration in the Neotropics are extraordinary, life-changing experiences. In the past two decades, a new generation of collaborative ...

Gold mining is encroaching along the Malinowski River into Tambopata National Reserve, a protected area in southern Peru. Researchers have been tracking deforestation associated with the illegal ...

Greetings from Lima, Peru, where I am spending the night before heading out to Puerto Maldonado and up the Tambopata River. After many weeks of anticipation, I am thrilled and awed to find myself ...

Every month, we round up some of the most strange, striking and plain stunning snapshots of the world around us, including everything from psychedelic riverbeds to volcanic lightning. Check them out ...