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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...