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 ...

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

A wildlife photographer has beautiful pictures of graceful sword-billed hummingbirds. Andy Rouse captured the birds—famed for having a bill longer than its own body—both feeding and fighting in the ...

Found in the moss of a tree in a tropical lagoon, a new species has a tail longer than its body, researchers said. Kory Pence via Unsplash Millions of animals call the rainforests of South America ...

Ecuador is one of the top exporters of sharks in the world. In February, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) suspended commercial trade in ...

Birds in hats fly to a festival, mischievous monkeys enjoy their pilfered prizes and the iconic frog musicians shake their maracas. Adriana Garcia brings these images to life, bringing the vibrant ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other ...