With hundreds of highly prized species, bird tourism is thriving in the country – and farmers are increasingly turning their land into nature reserves Soon after Anita Cajas and Vinicio Bacuilima ...

In some areas in Ecuador, howler monkeys are affected by habitat loss due to forest fragmentation and illegal hunting. Ecuador’s Health Ministry has ruled out the theory that the primates’ deaths have ...

Follow wildlife photographer Dan Suzio on an intensive 12-day tour to Ecuador, home to more than 1,600 species of birds. Highlights include 10 days of photography at seven birding locations, including ...

Darwin’s field notes on the Galapagos Islands declare that it is a little world within itself, and nothing can be truer than this. The archipelago is known for two things: Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

What harm can a simple road do in a pristine place such as Ecuador's Yasuni National Park, home to peccaries, tapirs, monkeys and myriad other wildlife species? A great deal, it turns out.

Authorities in Ecuador have rescued around 8,000 animals from eco-traffickers in the last decade, a number that likely represents just a fraction of a trade threatening the fauna in one of the world’s ...

Immerse yourself in Ecuador’s incredible rainforest with a trip to a lodge that helps restore the surrounding environment (Metropolitan Touring/Mashpi Lodge) If we’re lucky, travel can be a ...