Wild animals possess distinct legal rights, including to exist, to develop their innate instincts and to be free from disproportionate cruelty, fear and distress, Ecuador’s top court ruled in a ...

Authorities in Ecuador have rescued around 8,000 animals from eco-traffickers in the last decade, a number that likely represents just a fraction of a trade threatening the fauna in one of the world's ...

A report released today by conservation and animal protection groups finds that Ecuador’s fishing industry does not meet US standards for limiting whale and dolphin bycatch.

An animal rights group says the show used endangered animals after a scene appeared to show shark, deer, crocodile, and capybara meat.

In the Ecuador wilderness (guides Nelson, at the helm, and Paa), Charles Bergman sought the roots of the illegal animal trade (a blue-headed parrot chick). Charles Bergman Two fire-red birds ...

Wild animals obtained another convincing victory from the justice system in Ecuador. A judge Tuesday denied a habeas corpus to a group of people wanting authorities to return a sloth bear it had ...

The US State Department is designating two Ecuadorian criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations, US Secretary ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised security aid to violence-wracked Ecuador as he sought to rally the region behind a ...