ABC News documented countless gold mining camps along the Tambopata river.

Eight Peruvian navy personnel jumped from a helicopter into a clearing carved out of the Amazon rainforest by illegal gold miners along the Malinowski River in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, sending ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Research and exploration in the Neotropics are extraordinary, life-changing experiences. In the past two decades, a new generation of collaborative ...

For more than 16 years, researchers and volunteers have been observing wildlife along the clay cliffs of Southeastern Peru's Tambopata River. They've gathered data every day, logging more than 20,000 ...

Gold mining is encroaching along the Malinowski River into Tambopata National Reserve, a protected area in southern Peru. Researchers have been tracking deforestation associated with the illegal ...

First, the roads disappear. Then, the noise. When the boat glides down the Tambopata River, surrounded by primary forest, there are no more villages, no sign, no hurry: only the water, the infinite ...

The Amazon’s most frightening predator comes out at night – and isn’t shy about approaching the boat. Peru’s Tambopata National Reserve has long been a destination for travelers bent on humping ...

Red-and-green macaws at a clay lick. serengeti130/iStock Macaws and green parrots share a clay lick in Manú National Park. OSTILL/iStock Blue-and-yellow macaws in Tambopata-Candamo National Park, Peru ...