Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon

In 2024, scientists announced the discovery of a newfound anaconda species in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, in a new nature ...
Iowa Public Radio

In Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, solar-powered boats are a boon for the trees

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 ...

We Stayed at a Luxe Rainforest Lodge in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Here’s What It Was Like.

Deep within a biosphere in the Ecuadorian Amazon is a luxury sanctuary that offers a fully guided immersion into the ...
Los Angeles Times

Ecuador’s citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn’t happened

BOGOTA, Colombia — It’s been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country’s share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start ...
Reuters

FEATURE-In Ecuador's Amazon, indigenous forest defense gains legal ground

SINANGOE/PUYO, Ecuador, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, indigenous leader Marcelo Lucitante deftly climbs a tree and attaches a camera trap, camouflaged ...
Detroit News

Indigenous groups criticize Ecuador’s $47 billion oil expansion plan in Amazon

Bogota, Colombia — Seven Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon have denounced a government plan to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration, saying it threatens their ancestral lands and ...
WGHP

A cluster of lost cities in Ecuadorian Amazon that lasted 1,000 years has been mapped

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Archeologists have ...