If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ecuador’s National System of Protected Areas now includes the 5,497-hectare (13,583-acre) ancestral Tiwi Nunka Forest in the country’s south. The ...

Amid ongoing colonization, the Indigenous Shuar people are taking back control of their economic and political futures. “This is a magnificent fruit, but is difficult to care for,” says Juan Chamik as ...

Morona-Santiago, Ecuador – The death of a police officer during a standoff between military and indigenous Shuar people in a takeover attempt of a mining camp in Ecuador’s southern Amazon on December ...

Elevated immune function during childhood results in as much as 49 percent growth reduction in Ecuador's indigenous Shuar population, researchers report. Elevated immune function during childhood ...

A 23-year-old American who grew up feeling like something was missing decided to go looking for it in the eastern Ecuadorian Amazon, the same remote stretch of jungle his father had grown up in before ...

Battles with the government and army over land and mining rights has caused indigenous Shuar people long-term psychological damage, report says Months after they were evicted from their homes to make ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A temporary replacement for Wachapá was put in place after he was detained on December 21 during a raid on his organization’s headquarters. Wachapá ...

When the pungent smell of rotting food sends a person running, that disgusted feeling is an evolved response that helps avoid exposure to pathogens, say anthropologists. In a project that blended ...