South America is a massive continent with wildly diverse terrain and ecosystems. Exploring it on foot is wondrous, but can be ...

Conservationists found a “royal” creature briefly taking up residency on a farm in Ecuador in a first-of-its-kind sighting, photos show. Screengrab from Jungle Dave’s Science Foundation YouTube video ...

Discover Ecuador's diverse landscapes with this stunning drone footage, capturing the lush Amazon rainforest, towering Andes mountains, and the unique wildlife of the Galápagos Islands. Fly over ...

Much of what is known about the species has been learned from preserved specimens rather than fieldwork, researchers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Throughout the cloud forests of the Ecuadorian Andes ...

High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

In 2022, researchers collected caterpillars off a plant in the arid highlands of the Andes Mountains of Chile, then patiently waited to see what they became. Two months later, adult moths, mostly ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

A new study found that Andean tropical glaciers have reached their lowest levels in 11,700 years, with drastic consequences for the Amazon due to the overlap of the two ecosystems. The findings come ...

An Ecuadoran soccer star held hostage for three days has been rescued after a firefight between police and his captors in the jungle near Colombia. Pedro Perlaza, 33, a defender with top-flight club ...