Manu National Park in southeastern Peru recently claimed the record as the most biodiverse place on the planet for reptiles and amphibians. It beat out Yasuni National Park in neary Ecuador for ...

When it comes to amphibian and reptile biodiversity, the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in South America stand out. A new survey of 'herps' in and around Manu National Park in Peru recorded ...

The snake Chironius monticola inhabits cloud forests at elevations of 3,300 to 10,500 feet (1,000 to 3,200 meters) in southern Peru's Manú National Park, on the western side of the Amazon Basin ...

Peru’s Manu National Park has claimed the distinction as the place with the greatest terrestrial species diversity compared to other emblematic areas of the world. The park, ...

In 1977, Manu National Park was recognized by UNESCO as the core zone of an even larger biosphere reserve. Both the national park and the biosphere reserve are today under the authority of Peru's ...

MANU NATIONAL PARK, Peru — There was movement in the understory deep in the dense rainforest off Trail 6. We saw a shadow scurry left to right, followed by more rustling.

The Anthropologist and His Old Friend, Who Became a Jaguar. Among the Matsigenka tribe in Peru's Manú National Park, a difficult death can sometimes lead to a dangerous afterlife.

Peru's treasured Manu National Park is the world's top biodiversity hotspot for reptiles and amphibians, according to a new survey published last week by biologists from the University of ...