Ecuador is located on South America’s west coast, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the equator. Geographically, the country is ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

PUERTO EL CARMEN, Ecuador, August 17 (UNHCR) - After more than two decades in Ecuador, Nely*, a Colombian woman in her fifties, has finally received her refugee visa. In just one day recently, she got ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador vowed on Friday to press ahead with a plan to shield the Yasuni reserve in the Amazon jungle from oil companies after international donors pledged more than $100 million in ...

As night fell across a rainforest in northwestern Ecuador, a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue perched on some foliage and began calling. The “distinct” sound was intended to attract ...

Scientists found a neon creature with “velvety” skin and red hands in an Ecuador rainforest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Amadeus Plewnia via Plewnia, Terán-Valdez, Culebras, ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue in a rainforest of Ecuador and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto As night fell across a rainforest ...