A new study of tribes in the Amazon shows that, as they age, they lose less brain volume than those in Western society. The study authors draw a correlation between high body mass index and bad ...

PIRIPKURA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil – Jair Candor had been searching the Amazon rainforest for three days when he heard their voices. He had spent a decade documenting their tracks, but that day ...

In an unusual development, members of an Amazon tribe who avoid contact with outsiders have been seen entering a village Indigenous advocates find that alarming and a sign of stress as a logging ...

Jair Candor combs the forest for Indigenous people who want no contact with outsiders. The goal: to prove they exist so their land can be legally protected. By Manuela Andreoni and Jack Nicas The ...