On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined ...

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense foliage, ...

Experience the unique cuisine of the Amazon jungle as we explore the fascinating world of lemon ants in Ecuador. Discover the ...

Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people ...

I paddled through the still waters of the lagoon in front of La Selva Eco-Lodge and Retreat, a resort deep within the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, one of the planet’s most biodiverse places, in the ...

WASHINGTON — Archaeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that were home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried ...

Pucha and his family have spent years recreating their own piece of jungle with rescued species on a 32-hectare farm called ...