The Cotopaxi is one of the most active volcanoes in Ecuador. At 5,897 meters above sea level, it is the second-highest peak in the country and together with the Sangay and Reventador volcanoes ...

Trailing behind the fluffy animal, however, is a tail longer than the rest of its body combined, more than 6 inches long, ...

Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano has been emitting a plume of gas and vapour which over the weekend reached a height of 1.8km (1.1 miles) above its crater. Ash from the volcano has fallen south of the ...

At least once a week for more than 60 years, a man in a traditional black felt hat began a trek up Ecuador’s highest ... on the southern face of a dormant volcano known as Chimborazo.

Half- and full-day guided tours to the volcano are also offered by companies like Nature Galapagos & Ecuador and Rosedelco starting at $45 per person. Day Tour to Isabela Island with Tintorera ...

With its outstanding natural beauty and two active volcanoes, the Sangay National Park illustrates within its 270,000 hectares the entire spectrum of ecosystems of Ecuador. These include glacial and ...

A new species of mouse with a remarkably long tail, dubbed Otavalo’s Andean mouse, has been discovered near a dormant volcano ...

A photographic journey to Quilotoa, Ecuador’s volcanic crater lake A photographic journey to Quilotoa, Ecuador’s volcanic crater lake A cultural exploration of Ecuador’s Angochagua ...

Perched sky-high in the Andes at the foot of the snow-capped Pichincha volcano, Quito is—quite ... preserved colonial cores in Latin America, Ecuador's capital was named the very first UNESCO ...

He was the last of a community legacy that made a living off the Reschreiter glacier, whose ice was mostly used for refrigeration before electricity was widespread in their stretch of the Andes.