The deep timbre of bamboo flutes emerges from within a darkened Indigenous communal house in the Amazon rainforest, followed by dancers in body paint and musicians rhythmically stomping their feet ...

Nearly 18 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon razed during 2024 dought Handout aerial released by Greenpeace showing smoke billowing from forest fires in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, ...

For the first time, more tropical forest burned than grassland. Most of the fires began on cattle ranches and spread through dry vegetation to forested areas. This aerial view shows a field fire in ...

The fervor surrounding Lamine Yamal, the FC Barcelona and Spanish national team star, has crossed borders and reached even the most remote Indigenous villages deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Pajé ...

According to the tradition of the Waurá (or Wauja) people, a great canoe snake appeared many years ago. Called Kamalu-hái, it carried ceramic artifacts on its back, and it was from this being that the ...

WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2025 - The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a new project to protect forests and promote sustainable development in the Lower Xingu region, in the state of Pará, ...

Anitta’s visit to the Kuikuro village in the Xingu Indigenous Park (MT) sparked controversy on social media. On that occasion, the singer took part in the Quarup, a funeral ceremony honoring the dead, ...

When it comes to making a statement, Anitta knows how to do it with charisma, authenticity, and cultural respect. The global pop queen is once again at the center of the conversation after a powerful ...

Monitoring indicates that low water flow is preventing fish from reproducing and impeding the way of life of Indigenous people and riverside communities At the end of November, when the rains used to ...

In the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced eco doc, Richard Ladkani’s lens doesn’t just capture the Amazonian landscape, but also embodies its poetry. Few environmental documentaries begin with quite the ...

Since 2016, when the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam began operating on Brazil’s Xingu River, the Volta Grande, “an 80-mile stretch of river and seasonally flooded forest that is a global biodiversity ...

As thousands of Indigenous people gather for the annual Free Land Camp in Brazil’s capital this week to demand protection for land rights, filmmakers are shining the spotlight on their culture and ...