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Peru mining pollution linked to children’s cognitive impairment: Study

Aimee Gabay 18 Feb 2026
Urania leilus (Uraniidae)

That “butterfly” you saw? It was probably a moth

Romi Castagnino 17 Feb 2026
The bug that makes bubbles with its butt: Froghopper

The bug that makes bubbles with its butt: Froghopper

Romi Castagnino 13 Feb 2026
Shepherd Ida Auris Arango at her home in the Peruvian Andes, near puma habitat.

In Peru’s Andes, Quechua women turn human-wildcat conflict into coexistence

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2026

Peru to invest $7.6 billion to continue critical minerals extraction

Maxwell Radwin 30 Jan 2026

New data highlight Peru’s growing oil and gas footprint in the Amazon

Aimee Gabay 30 Jan 2026
A flowering rainforest tree in the Amazon.

Drone-mounted eDNA hints at richness of life in the rainforest canopy

Abhishyant Kidangoor 29 Jan 2026
Collage featuring a puma and Ida Isabel Auris Arango, shepherd and Quechua woman

Women secure a future with pumas in the Andes

Romi Castagnino 28 Jan 2026
After burning off the mercury, a relatively pure piece of gold remains. Image by Thomas Graham for Mongabay.

Turning the Amazon’s toxic gold mine waste liability into economic opportunity (analysis)

Timothy J. Killeen 13 Jan 2026

Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jan 2026

Silvopasture gains momentum in the Amazon, but can it shrink beef’s footprint?

Charlie Espinosa 12 Jan 2026
Demetrio carrying out monitoring tasks. Image courtesy of Richar Antonio Demetrio.

When Indigenous knowledge enters the scientific record

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Jan 2026

The bird that builds tree skyscrapers: The oropendola

Romina Castagnino 6 Jan 2026
Demetrio carrying out monitoring tasks. Image courtesy of Richar Antonio Demetrio.

‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees

Xilena Pinedo 2 Jan 2026
The mining dredges installed along the Nanay River have begun to consume sections of forest. Image courtesy of FCDS Peru.

Mercury, dredges and crime: Illegal mining ravages Peru’s Nanay River

Enrique Vera 31 Dec 2025
O. shunkusacha

A new frog species emerges from Peru’s cloud forests — and it’s already at risk

Astrid Arellano 30 Dec 2025

Photos: Top new species from 2025

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2025
Rainforest in Brunei in 2025. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2025
Giant conebird in Peru.

Project sees long-term success restoring forests in the high Andes: Study

Ruth Kamnitzer 22 Dec 2025
A jaguar

The Amazon in 2026: A challenging year ahead, now off the center stage

Alexandre de Santi 22 Dec 2025
Artisanal fishing boats. Image by Mongabay Latam.

Drug gangs in Ecuador and Peru also involved in shark fin trafficking: Report

Shanna Hanbury 19 Dec 2025

In Peru, community-led camera trapping boosts conservation and ecotourism

Astrid Arellano 16 Dec 2025

Stricter rules adopted to protect sloths from pet trade and selfie tourism

Fernanda Wenzel 9 Dec 2025

Across Latin America populist regimes challenge nature conservation goals

Timothy J. Killeen 8 Dec 2025

The Indigenous women changing the course of their communities

Astrid Arellano 4 Dec 2025
Malocas (traditional longhouses) of Indigenous communities in isolation on the Peru-Brazil border. Image by ORPIO.

Respecting uncontacted peoples can protect biodiversity and our humanity (commentary)

Kerry Bowman 3 Dec 2025

Peru’s Río Abiseo park yields new marsupial, hinting at more undiscovered species

Yvette Sierra Praeli 2 Dec 2025

The valuable peatlands of Peru’s Pastaza River Fan: one of the world’s largest carbon reservoirs

Leslie Moreno Custodio 1 Dec 2025
Illegal air strips identified during the investigation.

Mongabay Latam wins the Global Shining Light Award for investigative journalism

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Nov 2025
Tropical forest and river in Suriname. Image courtesy of Mark J. Plotkin.

Top ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin’s COP30 reflections on Amazon conservation (analysis)

Mark J. Plotkin 17 Nov 2025

Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade

Fernanda Wenzel 14 Nov 2025
An oil pipeline through Wampis territory in the Amazonas department. Image by Jacob Balzani.

Peru Indigenous patrols see success & struggles in combating illegal miners

Aimee Gabay 12 Nov 2025

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