At first glance, Kendjam seems a kind of Eden. And perhaps it is. But that’s hardly to say the history of the Kayapo people is a pastoral idyll exempt from the persecution and disease that have ...

Historic Indigenous leaders still fell. Chief Aritana Yawalapiti, who led his Xingu people for five decades. Paulinho Paiakan, of the Kayapó. Artist and healer Vovó Bernaldina… from the Macuxi tribe ...

The leader of the Kayapo people, known for his colorful feather headdresses and the large disc inserted in his lower lip, has returned to his territory in Xingu National Park, in the center-west ...

(Pictured) Bejà, a Kayapo Indian, in the Xingu River in Mato Grosso. Speaking about his project, Stuckert remarked, "Indigenous people were the first to live in Brazil. We owe them an important ...

The Connecticut Beardsley Zoo is looking for help naming its baby giant anteater and opened a poll this week so fans can help find the right fit for the young animal.

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is asking fans to help choose a name for their female giant anteater born last year in August, according to a statement.

Raoni, chief of the Kayapo people in northern Brazil, has been hospitalized since Thursday for weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite, and diarrhea. “The chief has a stable condition after ...