Ecuador's El Oriente borders Peru and Colombia and bursts with lush green rainforests, insects three times the size we know them to be, exotic plants, picturesque flowers, rivers, waterfalls, and ...

On the outskirts of Ecuador’s rainforest, Baños is the gateway to Ruta de las Cascadas, an itinerary that takes in several waterfalls. Photograph by Carlos Gómez, Getty Images.

Over 70% of western Ecuador’s lowland rainforest was cut down and largely converted to plantations growing bananas, coffee and cacao. In the world of botany, Centinela became a byword for rapid ...

E cuadorians voted on Sunday to stop an oil-drilling project in the Yasuni region of the Amazon with 59% voting yes on a proposition that will end the practice.. Ecuador’s government estimates ...

An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled in favour of the US oil company, Chevron, in an environmental dispute with the government of Ecuador. Chevron had been ordered to pay $9.5bn (£7 ...

The Mashpi Rainforest Lodge is a stunning modern retreat tucked away in the depths of the Ecuadorian cloudforest.

Ecuadorian officials met with the leaders of Chinese oil companies in Beijing this week to discuss plans to auction a large section of the Amazon Rainforest for oil exploration.

School pupils in the Ecuadorian rainforest discuss the balance between making a living and protecting the environment, in a report from Schools World Service, a BBC-British Council co-production.

Scientists in the rainforest of Ecuador stumbled upon a tiny snake — and discovered a new species, according to a study. The scientists were studying snakes when they found a number of “unique ...

I n the 1980s, the mass extinction of 90 flora species occurred in a cloud forest when a coastal Ecuadorian hilltop was ...

School pupils in the Ecuadorian rainforest discuss the balance between making a living and protecting the environment, in a report from Schools World Service, a BBC-British Council co-production.