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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

because the newly-discovered species in Peru has been dubbed the "ugliest" in the world. The blob-headed fish was among 27 new species discovered by researchers on a trip to Alto Mayo, Peru ...

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo - which includes the Amazon ...