Today the Waorani people of Amazonian Ecuador are increasingly threatened by Western ways and diseases. In many areas their water systems have been polluted by crude oil and chemicals thanks to irresponsible oil drilling. Roads cut into their hunting grounds have been populated by colonistas and people of other tribes eagerly seeking land. Read More

Following a reconnaissance in 2011 John Blashford-Snell (JBS) and a team of six set out for the region on and around the Rio Beni in North Eastern Bolivia in August 2012. Read More

In 1992, in the Bardia National Park, a wildlife reserve on the Sal forests of Western Nepal, John Blashford-Snell and a team from the Scientific Exploration Society discovered the largest elephant ever seen – Raja Gaj or King Elephant, as he became known. Read More