QUITO, Ecuador — The United States will designate two of Ecuador's most powerful gangs — Los Lobos and Los Choneros — as ...

The South American government will curb fishing in more than 20,000 square miles of ocean next to the archipelago, which is treasured for its abundance of wildlife The Galápagos, Charles Darwin once ...

A newly discovered species of Ecuadorian frog has a secret weapon: A spine on the side of its thumb. These tree-dwelling amphibians likely use their special digit to puncture the skin of predators or ...

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 ...

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 ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Authorities in Ecuador have detained 20 Chinese crewmembers on a ship found near the Galapagos holding 300 tons of frozen marine animals - some from species in danger of ...

QUITO/LIMA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The governments of Peru and Ecuador on Wednesday declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu, after a wave of cases led to tens of millions ...