By Peter Speetjens Pedro Porras can, quite literally, be called the “father of Ecuadorian archaeology.” Wearing a black ...

In Ecuador's Baihuaeri Waorani Territory, a new species of Northern Green Anaconda has been discovered, reaching up to 7.5 ...

The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a ...

Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the ...

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

A gas flare burns in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. An Ecuadorian provincial court ruled in 2021 that the hundreds of gas flares in the region violated locals’ right to a healthy environment.

Jane Fonda has always been one to stand up for what she believes in. With a lifetime of activism under her belt, the ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Ecuador has launched a $1 billion bond to fund a debt buyback aimed at freeing up financing for conservation projects in the Amazon rainforest, IFR reported on Tuesday.