The California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution to review and eventually end the state’s imports of crude oil ...

The inhabitants of the "Lost City of the Amazon" in Ecuador's Upano River Valley grew corn and planted alder trees for over 1 ...

An ancient civilization that disappeared from the dense cloud forests of eastern Ecuador 1,500 years ago likely wasn’t ...

Voters in Ecuador last year approved a referendum to keep some 700 million barrels of crude oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park.

The country of Ecuador voted to stop drilling for oil in Yasuni National Park, a protected area in the Amazon rainforest. The region is home to two uncontacted tribes.

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.

The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people will decide the fate of oil extraction in the ...

Humanity’s footprint in Ecuador now covers more than 30% of the country’s total area, at the expense of coastal ecosystems, the Andes, and forests across the country. But it’s the Amazon ...

Law enforcement authorities in Ecuador say 10 people were killed after the truck they were traveling in on the country's Amazon fell into a ravine.

Scientists have identified a tiny new species of dwarf boa living in the Ecuadorian Amazon that even a snake hater could love: These small reptiles are a foot long. Researchers named it ...

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.