SANTA ROSA, Ecuador, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A rupture in Ecuador's second largest oil pipeline has polluted the Santa Rosa river in the lush Amazon jungle and shut off the flow of crude to a Pacific port ...

The initiative began in Ecuador's Amazon and has since expanded to Brazil, Peru, Suriname, and even the Solomon Islands. Each boat replaces noisy, gas-guzzling motors with clean solar power, helping ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ten people died Sunday when the truck they were traveling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine, law enforcement authorities in the South American country said. Police ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal fishing with agrochemicals and explosives across several of Ecuador’s Amazonian states is an uncontrolled problem, causing long-lasting, ...

The timing spoke volumes: just as Ecuador announced its historic decision to halt oil drilling in a sensitive Amazon rainforest reserve, Brazil trumpeted its massive fossil-fuel investment plans -- ...

Waorani indigenous people look at Petroecuador company trucks passing by Guiyero Waorani village within the Yasuni National Park in the province of Orellana, Ecuador ...

Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, along the banks of the Napo River, shows how biodiversity can thrive when humans don’t interfere. A butterfly sits perched on the shell of an endangered yellow-spotted ...

Aug. 21 (UPI) --Ending a long and contentious fight, results from a weekend vote in Ecuador show the majority of those taking part voted in favor of a ban on future oil drilling in a national park in ...