Being able to say, 'Wow, this species still exists; we can extract its venom to kill whoever we want,'" she laughed. Tiwi hopes that future researchers working in Peru will learn from the ...

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Attracted by bait, sea turtles off the coast of southern Peru often get caught on fishing hooks intended for mahi-mahi.

Mirelle Radley, 29, was travelling through South America with her cousin when the pair stopped at a village called ...

A scientific expedition to Peru has yielded a treasure trove of 27 new species, including an amphibious mouse, a "blob-headed" fish, and other zoological oddities. Ronald Diaz/Conservation ...

The Amazon Basin contains the world's largest system of rainforest and rivers. Two of these rivers, the Putumayo and the ...

In June and July 2022, researchers led by the nonprofit Conservation International made a 38-day expedition to the Alto Mayo region of Peru and uncovered 27 new species. The previously unknown ...

Conservation International's expedition in Peru's Alto Mayo Landscape unearthed dozens of species new to science Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

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