As nighttime settled over the rainforest of northeastern Peru, a “dwarf”-like mammal moved through the tree branches and began climbing across an artificial bridge. Its passage set off a nearby trail ...

High in the Andes, a tiny surprise awaited scientists who had come to find an obscure species of squirrel. What they found ...

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

The UNESCO World Heritage site revealed an animal species previously undocumented: a mouse opossum in Peru. in 2018, Silvia Pavan, a professor ...

While exploring the region around an archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, researchers discovered a never-before-seen creature. The tiny, big-eyed marsupial — named Marmosa chachapoya — is a ...