Deep in the lungs of South America lies the Peruvian Amazon — a region now experiencing alarming shifts in how gold mining operates and how deforestation is spiraling. The latest data from the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) paints a troubling picture: mining is no longer confined to…
The Amazon rainforest has done it again! Scientists have found a new poison dart frog species in Peru’s Amazon, adding one more name to the long list of amazing animals that live there. This new frog, called Ranitomeya hwata, is tiny, colourful, and full of surprises. Discovery in the Jungle…