Ecuador’s northern Amazon is home to some of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, including Yasuní National Park. But ...

A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos ...

One morning in late December, my husband and I found ourselves speeding in a motorboat down the Napo River, a major tributary of the Amazon. We had just left Coca in eastern Ecuador, where an airport ...

Biogeography of Ecuador. Diversity and its causes ; The Andes ; The equator ; Marine currents -- Habitats and bio-regions -- Species accounts -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Birds -- Mammals -- ...

A wildlife photographer has beautiful pictures of graceful sword-billed hummingbirds. Andy Rouse captured the birds—famed for having a bill longer than its own body—both feeding and fighting in the ...

The problem affects all wildlife - both flora and fauna - on the planet, which are protected by strict laws that stipulate that the animals “have rights.” Laws, however, don’t scare off traffickers, ...

A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million residents. A ...

Birds in hats fly to a festival, mischievous monkeys enjoy their pilfered prizes and the iconic frog musicians shake their maracas. Adriana Garcia brings these images to life, bringing the vibrant ...