Here, travelers can tackle the canyoning excursions, white water rafting expeditions, hiking and biking routes that lure adventurous travelers into to Ecuadorian rainforest. Accessing the small ...

Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country's 8.1 million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies, Jonathan Kaiman of The Guardian reports.

One leaf in the Ecuadorian rainforest where this story was photographed could easily harbor more treehopper species than found in all of Europe. Treehoppers are members of a huge and varied order ...

A university has been set up in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in north-eastern Ecuador, to research and protect the invaluable habitat more effectively. We take a closer look at this cutting-edge ...

Slava Sambu and his wife, Ozge, were looking for more than fine dining and five-star accommodations when they found the Mashpi Lodge, an ecolodge deep in the Ecuadorian rainforest. "It looked like ...

The TIERA program is an innovative initiative that connects students to real-life conservation efforts in the Chocó ...

The search for survivors continues in Quito, Ecuador after Monday's deadly landslide killed at least 24 people. It was triggered by heavy rainfall in the capital, the heaviest the country has seen ...

From the rainforests of Ecuador to the shores of the Galápagos Islands, Eastern Oregon University professor Laura Mahrt embarked on hands-on adventure in some of the world’s most biodiverse regions.

An curved arrow pointing right. Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon. Yasuni National Park is one of the most ecologically diverse ...