Peruvian filmmakers, showcasing their film "Karuara, People of the River" at Iffi, Goa, highlighted the Kukama people's legal battle to grant personho ...
Amazon River dolphins often fight one another and leave significant amounts of scar tissue ... There are even accounts of the species protecting people from sharks or helping a lost person make his or ...
The Amazon River dolphin, or Boto or Pink Dolphin, is a distinctive creature in Brazil’s rainforest with a history spanning 50 million years. However, it faces endangerment due to overfishing, ...
Fishermen must ask the river spirits for permission before casting their nets or risk the consequences: an empty stomach, or perhaps worse. The Karuara are metaphysical ecologists; they maintain the ...