On the outskirts of Ecuador’s rainforest, Baños is the gateway to Ruta de las Cascadas, an itinerary that takes in several waterfalls ... be spotted in the Amazon River basin, swinging in ...

Ticks, tarantulas and unchartered territory, oh my! A UK explorer has discovered the source of an uncharted Amazon river and two waterfalls, accomplishing this feat all while being stalked by a ...

Ecuador. Electricity cuts across an entire nation. A capital rationing water. A mayor encouraging people to shower together to save precious drops. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon ...

It was once the tallest waterfall in Ecuador, plummeting from a height ... it continued another 400 miles before meeting with the Amazon River. Just upstream of the lava dam, a sinkhole formed ...

In a secluded part of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, river transport is far more common than road travel. Here, boats glide along the Wichimi River, a wide channel that snakes through the dense ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Ten people died Sunday when the truck they were traveling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine ... to a stop next to the Paute River after falling into the ravine ...

Visit the Achuar, a tribe of 6,000 indigenous people who still live traditionally in small Amazon communities along ... participants explore the world’s largest river system; search for toucans ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon ... a natural waterfall and multiple rapids across about 75 kilometers of river channel.