Francis Ellen Watkins Harper is a name that people may or may not have heard before. The Baltimore-native was born born in Baltimore in 1825 and fought for voting rights, women's rights and an end to ...

Jaclyn Shaw learned about the Amish lifestyle when she moved from California to a rural town in Northern Indiana. After she ...

Explorer Paul Rosolie has spoken to Steven Bartlett about the moment he came face-to-face with an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon jungle.

On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined ...

From Gond adivasis to Sapara and Amadiba communities, Indigenous movements are advancing Earthy Governance—grounded democracy ...

Slowing deforestation in Brazil and pledges to ban oil drilling in Colombia offer slivers of hope for the Amazon.

Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting at a Cargill facility in Santarem, Brazil, against a decree signed in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the southeastern Colombian department of Vaupés, members of the Indigenous Macaquiño community have maintained a healthy territory through ...

Many stingless bees are native to Peru, where they pollinate the Amazon's diverse plants and food crops. Luis García Wild, stingless bees have been granted legal rights in some parts of Peru, the ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that an ancient Amazonian tree once used by Indigenous healers could have valuable medical potential. Deep within the Amazon rainforest, the jatobá tree stands ...

At COP30 in Brazil, one thing stood out. Indigenous Amazonian peoples and movements drove the only meaningful progress that emerged from the negotiations. Their leadership broke through a venue ...