The Choco region in northwest Ecuador is hosting a groundbreaking experiment to try and help its rainforests recover from rampant deforestation. A multinational team is planting small “tree islands" ...

Research Location: Choco rainforest , Ecuador Conservation Partners: Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT), an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty from Tulane ...

After conducting research in Ecuador and Colombia, Rebecca Tarvin, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has identified a unique genetic lineage of poison frogs as a new ...

J. Leighton Reid and his team have an opportunity to research the most efficient and cost-effective means of restoring a tropical rainforest in Ecuador. Reid, assistant professor in the School of ...

Sitting in the six-acre Mashpi Reserve, the lodge offers complete immersion in the Choco rainforest. It’s a three-hour drive across the equator from Quito (Mashpi has its own car and minibus service ...

RIO SUCIO, Colombia, March 20 (UNHCR) - Most towns and cities in north-western Colombia's Chocó region come to a standstill at Easter as people head to the countryside for a family get-together or to ...