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The Araguaian River Dolphin: Secretive, Threatened and Surprisingly Chatty

Two Araguaian botos swimming together. Photo credit: Gabriel Melo Alves dos Santos Seven years ago, Gabriel Melo Alves dos Santos happened upon a remarkable sight: a rare and highly reclusive Amazonian river dolphin, the Araguaian river dolphin, gathering in numbers at a marketplace along the Tocantins River in the Amazonian […]

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Comunidade Yuba: An eighty year-old Japanese farming community thrives in Brazil.

Yuba residents harvest manioc before the storm. Photo: Jordan Kraft In 1928, a Japanese farmer named Isamu Yuba emigrated to Brazil with his family as part of a large influx of agricultural workers. In need of hands on coffee plantations, Brazil had only recently opened its doors to Japanese immigration […]

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