An aerial photograph taken in October 2007 shows a cluster of palm huts built by an "uncontacted" native group on the banks of the Las Piedras River in Peru's southeastern Amazon. Experts think as many as 15 isolated tribes may live in the region.
The image was captured by a group of ecologists who happened on the tribe while conducting an environmental survey of the region.
Enter a world vanishing amid development and war with this gallery from the National Geographic magazine article "Bushmen: Last Stand for Southern Africa’s First People."
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis calls Brazil a "land of the 10,000 senses." Find out what he means in this collection of photos from the largest nation in South America.
Patagonia's landscapes of breathtaking peaks, towering glaciers, open pampas, and blue-green fjords invite the world's adventurous travelers to come and play.
