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Captive Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) at the Manatee Rescue Center, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, South America
An adult Amazonian poison frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus), on the Maranon River, near Iquitos, Peru, South America
An adult Amazonian poison frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus), on the Maranon River, near Iquitos, Peru, South America
Esilda and her friends making basket, young teenagers of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America
Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America
An adult Amazonian Milk Frog (Trachycephalus macrotis), at the Amazon Rescue Center, Iquitos, Peru, South America
Family from Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America
Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600
For centuries the amazonian forest has been a nourishing mother for the kayapo, who survive mostly on hunting, fishing and gathering. gorotire kayapo reserve, brazilian amazon
Black caiman, Melanosuchus niger, lurks in the water, Mamiraua sustainable development reserve, Amazonas, Brazil
Amazonian Indian Family and MS Europa on a sidearm of the Amazon River, Boca da Valeria, Amazonas, Brazil, South America
Father Bortoli teaching Yanomami Indian children at the Catholic mission school at Mavaca on the Upper Orinoco River. In the Amazonian Forest in southern Venezuela.
Father Bortoli teaching Yanomami Indian children at the Catholic mission school at Mavaca on the Upper Orinoco River. In the Amazonian Forest in southern Venezuela.
Yanomami Indian shaman snorts epene, a hallucinogenic powder. In the Amazonian Forest in southern Venezuela.