A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos ...

When researchers heralded the olinguito as the first new carnivore species discovered in the western hemisphere for 35 years last August, I imagined that seeing one would be impossible. After all, ...

Ecuador’s northern Amazon is home to some of the most biodiverse areas on the planet, including Yasuní National Park. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have to admit, it is tasty. The flavours that wash over my palate hit the kind of gastronomic note rarely fulfilled when the phrase ‘local delicacy’ is uttered. In fact, comprehending the notion ...

Not all animals allow themselves to be seen by humans. Deer, rabbits, and pumas have been captured by camera traps placed in both moors. | Photo courtesy of the Andean Condor Foundation via the Human ...

An unruly crowd was occupying the beach, clearly having a good time and obviously not ready to surrender any of their carefully guarded portion of sand to new arrivals. Partying students letting their ...

The problem affects all wildlife - both flora and fauna - on the planet, which are protected by strict laws that stipulate that the animals “have rights.” Laws, however, don’t scare off traffickers, ...