Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru
By Anthony Marina, Alfredo Galarza, Enrique Mandujano, Carlos Valdez, Nina Lopez (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river dolphin that once swam in waters that are now the Amazon, and whose
Scientists assert ‘alien mummies’ in Peru are really dolls made from Earthly bones
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - A pair of "alien mummies" that mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru's capital last October have entirely Earthly origins, according to a scientific analysis revealed on Friday. The two small specimens were described as
‘We’re releasing life’: Heat wave speeds turtle hatching in Peru
By Alfredo Galarza and Marco Aquino SAN JOSE DE LUPUNA, Peru (Reuters) - In the Peruvian Amazon, an extended heat wave and drought have shortened the incubation period for thousands of turtle hatchlings released into the river by biologists as part