In the late 1960s, he went to Brazil in search of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rain forest called the Mayoruna. McIntyre was dropped off on a riverbank, and followed the tribe into the forest.

The most recent tribe to initiate permanent contact is the Txapanawa, or People of the Xinane, on the Envira River, across the border in Brazil, less than 50 miles from Shuri and Elena’s shelter.

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To accurately portray the plight of isolated Amazon peoples, it’s vital to ‘strip away your preconceptions,’ says photojournalist Charlie Hamilton James.

Hidden deep in the Amazon, this perfectly shaped “pyramid” may be nature’s greatest illusion—or a forgotten monument lost to ...

Even in today’s modern era, there are still hundreds of uncontacted tribes scattered across the globe, living in some of the ...

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in ...

CHARLIE KIRK: It feels like they're National Geographic reporters going into a tribe they've never come in contact with, like, "We must investigate half the population and why they hate us so much." ...

Destructive lionfish are invading Brazil . Invasive lionfish, which have no native predators, have wreaked havoc in Florida and the Caribbean—and have now spread to Brazil.

An intimate portrait of a Vietnamese woman sitting next to her great-granddaughter in a dark, smoky room as she works on some embroidery has won the National Geographic Traveller (UK) Photography ...

The world's largest wetland, Brazil’s Pantanal is home to around 5,000 jaguars and is the best place on earth to see the elusive cats in the wild. And at around 70,000sq miles, the UNESCO world ...

In 2022, National Geographic Society with the support of Rolex, launched the Perpetual Planet Amazon Expedition, a one-of-a-kind science and storytelling exploration of the world’s most vital ...