Ecuador: What lies beneath the jungle Ecuador's Yasuní National Park is rich in biodiversity, but the oilfields below it are equally as prized, says Ben Westwood ...

For a mother-daughter trip, my youngest daughter, Erin, then 25 years old, picked South America, a part of the world she had never visited. I was responsible for choosing an adventure. Seeing this ...

On January 8, 1956, five Christian missionaries lost their lives in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador at the hands of the Waodani, an isolated tribe known for its extreme violence, even within their ...

Adolfo Macias, alias "Fito," was captured in June after escaping from a maximum security prison last year in a jailbreak that sparked a severe wave of gang violence.

Ecuador's president says country is at war with drug gangs An Ecuadoran soccer star held hostage for three days has been rescued after a firefight between police and his captors in the jungle near ...

Their neighbors, the Jivaro Indians, Ecuador’s famed, ferocious headhunters, are said to pale with fear at the very mention of the primitive Aucas.

In what appeared to be the middle of jungle-nowhere, our Chiva slowed to a stop and six uniform-clad boys ranging from approximately seven to 14 years of age clambered on and sat themselves on the ...

A short drive from the town of Tena, in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Arahuana Jungle Resort & Spa is a peaceful enclave, disturbed only by the sounds of chattering birds and distant storms.

This is one of the jungles that Montana State University and Yale University students visited during their recent trip to Ecuador. Photo courtesy of Gary Strobel ...