Scientists discovered a new animal in Peru’s Andes, highlighting biodiversity gaps and the need for conservation in Río ...

The whereabouts of the skin of the last female great auk, which has puzzled experts for 180 years, has been confirmed, according to a study. Sandra Toombs Image first published in Explorers Journal ...

A new marsupial species found in the Río Abiseo National Park, Marmosa chachapoya, contributes to the biological richness of the Andes.

On a damp, mist-laced slope of the eastern Andes, a small creature with reddish-brown fur and a black facial mask peeked from the edge of a pitfall trap. It was August 16, 2018, and biologist Silvia ...

In 2018, a research expedition in Peru’s Río Abiseo National Park stumbled upon an animal no scientist had recorded before.

Then a park ranger went for a walk. In the regional natural park Páramo de Siscunsí, community park rangers make regular rounds, conducting routine surveys of the animals and plants that call the ...

Six new species of rain frogs have been discovered on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, according to a statement from Ecuador's Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition.

SEATTLE (KOMO) — The Woodland Park Zoo's smallest doe finally has a name. Born in May, the tiny female fawn was given the name Flor, meaning flower in Spanish. It's a fitting name for the zoo's ...

Roland Kays, a North Carolina scientist, trekked to the Andes to help discover a new carnivorous species dubbed olinguito. Roland Kays, a North Carolina scientist, trekked to the Andes to help ...