The riverboat is equipped with three skiffs and three expert naturalists. With a maximum of 22 guests, that means there’s plenty of flexibility to tailor excursions to your interest and stamina. The ...

MARANON RIVER, Peru — When the alarm went off at 5:15 a.m. I instinctively cursed at it and, for a minute or two, considered rolling over and going back to sleep. Was it really worth getting out of ...

The dense forests of Madre de Dios are considered the country’s biodiversity capital, making up 12% of the Peruvian Amazon and 8.5 million hectares.

Low-impact logging practices in commercial tropical forests can contribute to wildlife protection and complement protected areas to provide habitat for many species in the Amazon. Low-impact logging ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

As a University of Delaware undergraduate student, Brian Griffiths, a UD Class of 2016 plant science and environmental engineering double major, felt a spark for a latent passion in the Amazon. He ...

Punch, a baby squirrel monkey from the Amazon, was separated from his mother at birth and transported to arid Lima to be sold ...

The Pure Amazon sailing through the Amazon Basin of Peru. “In the wild, anything can happen,” says Robinson Rodriguez, a naturalist, to our group of five. We're on my first skiff (a small, ...

Pure Amazon, an A&K Sanctuary riverboat, offers fine dining, customizable excursions within the Peruvian Amazon’s Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, and accommodations tailored to solo travelers. The ...