Cloaked by darkness and obscured by rain, a “robust” creature moved along the “muddy ground” of a rainforest in Ecuador. Its “very unusual” head poked out of the dirt — and caught ...

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative ...

"I Am the Nature" poetically plumbs the human interconnection with nature through the eyes of the Indigenous Achuar people.

A pasture adjacent to mature rainforest in Ecuador, where deforestation has cleared the way for cattle. Remaining trees create habitat for wildlife that can help disperse seeds and kickstart ...

Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country's 8.1 million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies, Jonathan Kaiman of The Guardian reports.

Visitors to the Amazon who expect a "Discovery Channel-like experience" with "jaguars in every tree" and "anacondas on every ...

A university has been set up in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in north-eastern Ecuador, to research and protect the invaluable habitat more effectively. We take a closer look at this cutting-edge ...

From the rainforests of Ecuador to the shores of the Galápagos Islands, Eastern Oregon University professor Laura Mahrt embarked on hands-on adventure in some of the world’s most biodiverse regions.