Since it awoke in August from a 138-year slumber, Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano has become one of the most-watched in the world, holding wary locals and fascinated scientists in thrall. Cotopaxi, whose ...

Rising gracefully above the Andean plains of Ecuador, Cotopaxi Volcano is one of the world's highest active volcanoes and an icon of South America’s natural beauty. Its perfectly symmetrical ...

A volcano in Ecuador that has not erupted in nearly 140 years belched a column of ash eight kilometers high on Friday, prompting officials to raise the alert level. In addition to the five-mile plume, ...

Experience Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes and a defining landmark of Ecuador’s Andean landscape. Rising to 5,897 meters (19,347 feet), Cotopaxi features a perfectly ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's massive Cotopaxi volcano stirred in the early hours of Friday, with two small explosions reported and ash raining down on the southern part of nearby highland capital Quito ...

Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here’s a first-person account of one man’s Ecuadorian climbs. Cotopaxi volcano spewing ...

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