Yuturi ants are peaceful until their territory is threatened. This species, also known as the ‘conga ant,’ is considered a warrior in Amazonian Kichwa Indigenous culture, as these bugs don’t allow anyone to enter their home without permission — just like the women of Serena, an Indigenous community located on the banks of the Jatunyacu … Continue reading Ecuador’s first Indigenous guard led by Kichwa women: Interview with María José Andrade Cerda