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Plus: A rare look at the lives of isolated tribes in the Amazon

 

From the Archives: 23 Fantastic Fossils VIEW ONLINE

From the Archives: 23 Fantastic Fossils

Issue 120 September 30, 2018

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James       Magazine      A Nomadic Life Under Siege The protected forests of the Amazon are home to some of the world's last remote indigenous groups, some of whom have had little contact with modernity. Illegal logging and mining practices are posing a threat to these last communities of a pre-Industrial world. See the pictures SHARE From the Photographer: Finding Common Ground +

Photograph by Acacia Johnson       Environment      Polar Ice in a Curious Shade of Pink These pastel polar landscapes captured by photographer Acacia Johnson may look like something out of a children's book but the story is less rosy. The colors are caused by blooms of photosynthetic microbes—the more they thrive, the faster the ice melts. See the pictures SHARE

photograph by jonathan goldberg       Culture      A Makeshift Utopia Seven years ago, a group of protestors descended on the scrublands around London's Heathrow airport to make a stand against the construction of a third runway. The camp has now become a small eco village whose residents are seeking to live life on their own terms. see the pictures SHARE

Selfies on Assignment      Photographer Charlie Hamilton James snapped this selfie at the Karni Mata temple (aka the Temple of the Rats) in Rajasthan, India, for a story about the love-hate relationship between rats and humans. "My favorite part of shooting the rat temple was the fact that I wasn't allowed to wear shoes inside the temple so I had to tiptoe amongst the twenty or thirty thousand rats in my socks," writes Hamilton James. "And yes the floor was covered in ..." See more selfies SHARE

photograph by FEDERICO RIOS       Environment      A Miracle of Biodiversity Long Hidden From View For decades, this remote swath of tropical rainforest was under the control of guerrilla forces, off limits to scientists and developers alike. A peace deal recently opened the area to a handful of lucky visitors to survey the cornucopia of plant and animal species thriving in this pristine environment. see the pictures SHARE

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