A top expert on isolated Amazon tribes in Brazil was killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous group, friends and a police witness said on Thursday.

Atxu Marima survived the flu that killed his family after a jaguar attack drove them from their Indigenous group in the ...

An Indigenous patrol has emerged in the Javari Valley to protect a forest and its people.

The Brazilian military wrapped up on Monday a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara tribe hit by COVID-19, in response to criticism that Brazil was not protecting ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's government agreed to release stunning photos of Amazon Indians firing arrows at an airplane so that the world can better understand the threats facing one of the few ...

By Pilar Puentes In Colombia’s Amazon, two communities have worked for more than a decade to guard their territory and to ...

An aerial view of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024 (AP photo by Cesar Von Bancles). LIMA, Peru—Pressed up against the remote jungle border with Brazil’s ...

Forming sustainable research partnerships with Indigenous peoples requires trust and mutual benefit, say microbiome ...

BRASILIA: Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in ...

By Dheeraj Jayant The interlinked planetary crises of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss are losing significant ...

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.