ALARMING reports of vast showers of volcanic ash from eruptions of Descabezado and other recent volcanoes of the group which occurs on the chain of the Andes south of Santiago de Chile, appeared ...

For a scenic trip to the Andes, head to this charming tourist-friendly and white-walled city with a vibrant culture that is ...

The amphibians are at the mercy of mining operations that are destroying their ecosystems, but local communities throughout South America are fighting back In Ecuador, a glass frog from a new ...

Mount Chimborazo of Ecuador may be a dormant volcano, but its neighbors are anything but. In fact, the nearby Reventador volcano has erupted more than 25 times in the past 500 years. A Rare Look ...

Perched sky-high in the Andes ... Pichincha volcano, Quito is—quite literally—breathtaking. Thanks to one of the largest and best-preserved colonial cores in Latin America, Ecuador's capital ...