The stakes are high, and conflict is escalating. The tussles are over rare metals, ores, timber, space – and the right to be left alone.

Where most animals make us say "aww", the blobfish makes up for at the other end of the scale, because the newly-discovered species in Peru has been dubbed the "ugliest" in the world. The blob-headed ...

Peru’s president declared a state of emergency in the capital Monday and ordered the deployment of soldiers to help police ...

Animal biotechnology is a branch of biotechnology in which molecular biology techniques are used to genetically engineer (i.e. modify the genome of) animals in order to improve their suitability ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

What exactly is this unusual blue sea creature? Get to know one of the more unusual members of the sea slug family in our ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A ...

Authorities in Peru apprehended an unusual burglary suspect responsible for ransacking multiple homes -- an escaped pet monkey.

Peru's ousted ex-president Pedro Castillo, on trial for rebellion, has been hospitalized four days after declaring a hunger strike, the judge in his case said Thursday.

Photos show the rescued animal. Photo from Peru’s National Forestry and Wildlife Service A pet monkey escaped from a home in ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

researchers traveling through the Ayacucho region of Peru discovered a small amphibian in the mountain coffee groves. About an inch and a half long, the animal was a salamander with an oddly ...