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Damming or damning the Amazon: Assessing Ecuador / China cooperation

Max Nathanson 22 Nov 2017

Could fungi provide an alternative to palm oil?

Kimberley Brown 19 Oct 2017

Booming legal Amazon wildlife trade documented in new report

Claire Salisbury 6 Oct 2017
The venomous two-striped forest pitviper (Bothriopsis bilineata) waits patiently coiled on a branch a few meters off the ground. A cryptic species and perfect predator, they can sit motionless for hours waiting for their prey. - Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Biosphere, Ecuador. ©Ryan P. Killackey/Pollywog Productions

Yasuni indigenous peoples’ fight for survival depicted in new documentary

Genevieve Belmaker 12 Sep 2017

Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Max Nathanson 5 Sep 2017
Moises Padilla near his community's nature reserve. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Indigenous farmers fight eucalyptus damage to water source in Ecuador

Johnny Magdaleno 28 Aug 2017
 Basantes readies his motorcycle as he prepares to lead a group of tourists to one of the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve’s birdwatching areas. Photo by Johnny Magdaleno/Mongabay

Father and son butt heads in decades-long battle over bird tourism site

Johnny Magdaleno 9 Aug 2017

Illegal logging and hunting threaten Yasuní isolated indigenous groups

Daniela Aguilar 22 Jun 2017

International action a must to stop irreversible harm of Amazon dams, say experts

Claire Salisbury 19 Jun 2017
Alvarado picking a flower called Chiriwayusa in Quichua, which he will use for a medicinal steam bath. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay.

What would you do if you had “nature’s pharmacy” in your backyard?

Kimberley Brown 17 May 2017

Scientists launch global search for 25 ‘lost’ species

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Apr 2017
The Pastaza Ecological Area of Sustainable Development has more than 2.5 million hectares. Photo courtesy of the Provincial Council of Pastaza

Ecuadorian province protects 90% of its land area

Joaquín Ortiz 27 Mar 2017

Shuar people ask for their president’s freedom amid mining dispute

Daniela Aguilar 14 Mar 2017
Participants at a press conference in Quito last Thursday included Shuar community members Tuntiak Katan, far right, and Elvia Dagua, second from right. Photo by Kimberley Brown for Mongabay

Indigenous leaders denounce Ecuadorian government over mining conflicts

Kimberley Brown 13 Mar 2017

In Ecuador, progress stalls on mining dispute between government and indigenous Shuar people

Daniela Aguilar 8 Mar 2017

Court dismisses Ecuadorian government bid to shut down environmental NGO

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017

Conflict erupts between Chinese mining company, government and indigenous communities in Ecuador

Daniela Aguilar 26 Jan 2017

The year in tropical rainforests: 2016

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Dec 2016

What do experts have to say about Latin American wildlife trafficking?

Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo 23 Dec 2016

Wildlife for sale: Is it possible to win the fight in Ecuador?

Isabel Riofrio 16 Dec 2016

‘Where do you draw the line?’: Q&A with director of documentary about Amazonian community fighting oil extraction

Mike Gaworecki 14 Dec 2016

‘We need more knowledge and more control’: Palm oil expands in Ecuador

Daniela Aguilar 30 Nov 2016
Dominica sperm whales near the surface. Photo Courtesy of The Dominica Sperm Whale Project.

Distinctive sperm whale cultures reveal dramatic population shifts in the Galápagos

Yasemin Saplakoglu 23 Nov 2016

Scientists discover the real vocalists behind the ‘singing snake’: tree frogs

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Nov 2016

Computing cost-effective wildlife corridors

Julia John 11 Nov 2016
Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadoran Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Exclusive: New satellite images show Ecuador drilling in Yasuni’s ITT

Jeremy Hance 9 Oct 2016

New film documents real-life Avatar story

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2016

U.S. imports of Amazon crude oil driving expansion of oil operations

Mike Gaworecki 30 Sep 2016
Flowers in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Photo by Jeremy Hance

Ecuador begins pumping oil from famed ITT-block in Yasuní

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2016
Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016

Scientists have just discovered the first endemic bird species to go extinct on the Galápagos Islands

Mike Gaworecki 22 Aug 2016

Ecological corridor to provide connectivity for endangered, range-restricted Andean species

Anton Sorokin, Emma Steigerwald 13 Jun 2016

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