XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) - When a big chief dies on the Xingu indigenous reservation, its tribes gather for a unique funeral ritual called the Kuarup. Wearing body paint and bird ...

Mawé, a 24-year-old biology student, has one guiding belief - if the rainforest dies so will her Amazon tribe.

Well-Preserved Amazon Rainforest on Indigenous Lands Can Protect People From Diseases, Study Finds Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making ...

Filmmaker Gabe Polsky was skeptical when he heard about Patrick McCollum. Making his new film ‘The Man Who Saves the World?’ ...

Amazon Basin is the largest drainage basin in the world and one of Earth’s most essential natural systems. It sustains ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they’re making people sick. It’s an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao defended mining on indigenous reservations on Monday, saying the constitution allowed for that though regulations are needed to ensure miners pay taxes to the ...

Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. It's an idea Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years. Now a new study in the ...