In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

Heavy rains caused river overflow in Peru's Junin region on Wednesday (February 11), flooding various homes and leaving ...

This river looked calm from the surface, but it’s much deeper than it appears. We decided to start throwing magnets just to see what might be sitting below. The first few casts were quiet. Then one ...

The Trump administration has expressed concern to Peru that China is solidifying control over critical parts of the South ...

In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society ...

Inca polities on Peru’s south coast,” says Bongers. “They were particularly famous for their mercantile activity.” The Band of Holes occupies a transitional zone between the coastal plain and the ...

The world's largest isolated tribe reappears in the Peruvian Amazon as illegal logging increases the risk of contact and disease ...

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, there is a real river that steams like a cauldron and reaches temperatures above 90°C. It is so hot that falling into the wrong section can cause severe burns in seconds, ...

Along the rocky coastal bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in northern Peru, a series of clay reliefs depicting humans and human-animal hybrids decorates the walls of the site of Vichama. Likely an ...

Illegal miners in Peru's Nanay River Basin are changing the color of this vital part of the Amazon. However, officials are upping their tactics to protect the river and the communities it supports.

The Department of Defense has approved up to $1.5 billion in funding to support Peru’s plan to upgrade and relocate its largest naval base from the port city of Callao to a new site closer to the ...