BANOS, Ecuador -- Rescuers on Friday searched for 30 people missing after the devastating explosion of a volcano killed at least one person and forced tens of thousands to flee and appeared poised for ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Soar over the breathtaking landscapes of Ecuador, the diverse equatorial nation where the Andes meet the Amazon, in this stunning footage captured by featured AirVuz community drone pilots. Specific ...

Ash from Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano rained down on a dozen villages in the country's central Andean region Saturday, where agricultural output has been marred by a blanket of soot from explosions that ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador keeps spewing gas, ash and red-hot rock, forcing hundreds to evacuate from their homes. The country’s Geophysical Institute says ...

The two new species of rainfrogs were found near volcanoes in Ecuador, according to scientists. Juan P. Reyes-Puig and Zane Libke via ZooKeys Deep within the unexplored depths of Ecuador’s Andes ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Volcano monitors say Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano shot lava a half mile (1 kilometer) above its crater overnight and blasted hot rock and gas nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) down ...

Deep within the unexplored depths of Ecuador’s Andes mountains, a tiny creature made her home in the leaf litter covering the floor of a volcano slope. Then she was nabbed by researchers. The small, ...