The very mention of Amazon conjures images of ultimate adventure. Veiled in perpetual mystery, the Amazon River and its enormous rainforest continue to keep many secrets totally unknown to the ...

APIWTXA VILLAGE, Brazil (AP) — It was just before dawn when the Ashaninka people, wearing long, tunic-like dresses, began singing traditional songs while playing drums and other instruments. The music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this frame from video provided by Survival International, Dabi Nishida, of the Yine Indigenous group, maneuvers a boat near a ...

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An un-contacted tribe in the Amazon has emerged from the jungle (Image: AFP/Getty Images) They hunt with their hands, kill violently with arrows, and have never encountered the modern world. Deep ...

The Tahuamanu River is a key transport route in this part of the Amazon. A permanent bridge will allow year-round truck access, which environmentalists say could accelerate logging and deforestation ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists ...