The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.

The Socratea exorrhiza, or "walking palm," found in South American rainforests, is renowned for its ability to "walk" across ...

Ecuador in South America is a country steeped in culture, rich in history and bursting with natural beauty - yet it doesn't ...

The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Chocó-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. The local population relies on this unique tree for many uses and the tagua ...

They had seen DNA analyses which suggested the tree frogs in Ecuador didn’t match the rest of the species so they decided to investigate, according to a study published Feb. 21 in the peer ...

The Blomberg’s tree boa was recently documented in southwestern Colombia for the first time, even as it loses habitat in the nearby rainforests of Ecuador. Javier Aznar González de Rueda Coild ...

Researchers ventured into the forests of central Ecuador in 2021 in search of tree-dwelling spiders, according to a study published Dec. 13 in the journal ZooKeys.

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.