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Our group is sitting in a circle at a 15th century Inca site. We each held three coca leaves glued together with llama fat and concentrating on protection, prosperity and a balanced life. A young shaman named Lucas is alternately...

AYA is a clothing brand with a mission to not only offer sustainably made, single-source clothing but to be a transparent example of how the textile industry can clean up its act...

A filmmaker, a psychotherapist, an anthropologist and a dancer regularly visit Los Pulpos spa 40 kilometers south of Lima, Peru. The two couples wanted a set of adjacent beach houses. The architecture studio Pez Estudio saw...

Students from remote villages can now have dormitories in the Student Residence Santa Elena in a rural area of the central jungle of Peru. The building's modular and bioclimatic design supports natural ventilation and lighting....

This year’s winners include a Japanese coal fighter, a Vietnamese protector of pangolins and a Peruvian forest defender

The research will enhance the reliability of predictive models to identify potential glacial lake flood hazards. It will also identify areas where remediation work, such as the building of additional outlet channels or armoured...

Improved housing could soon be coming to Pachacutec, a dusty shantytown on the outskirts of Lima. Peruvian architectural practice TRS Studio has proposed low-cost cargotecture dwellings that not only are sensitive to the...

Approximately 8,000 barrels of crude oil have spilled into the Amazon, and the Peru State oil company Petroperu says its because local indigenous people severed the pipeline...

Peruvian archaeologists recently discovered over 50 new Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert. Scientists found the lines while using drones to survey other locally-known geoglyphs for the first time, National Geographic reported....

Peruvian archaeologists recently uncovered impressive new Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert. Scientists used drones to discover over 50 new examples, and to survey locally-known geoglyphs for the first time, National Geographic...

In collaboration with local and international conservation groups, the Peruvian government has established Yaguas National Park in the country's far eastern territory to permanently protect millions of acres of pristine rainforest. “This...

The historic Nazca Lines of Peru have been damaged by the actions of an inconsiderate truck driver. The driver, who has since been arrested and will likely face charges related to an attack against cultural heritage, deliberately...

The historic Nazca Lines of Peru have been damaged by the actions of an inconsiderate truck driver. The driver, who has since been arrested and will likely face charges related to an attack against cultural heritage, deliberately...

Part of Peru's Amazon rainforest could be under threat with a recently passed law. The move would allow roads to be constructed in Purus, a region The Guardian describes as the country's most remote and pristine. It is also...

Biologist Dan Metcalfe is leading a study that seeks to understand how climate change may impact the cloud forests of Peru and elsewhere by using a giant curtain to affect the local environment...