COTOPAXI, Ecuador -- Riding a mountain bike down the side of the world's highest active volcano, from just below its 14,770-foot-high snowline to its foothills, can literally take away your breath.

A Tulsa couple just climbed more than 2,000 feet through Ecuador to raise thousands of dollars for Little Light House. “Mountains haunt you. I have probably turned around on 20, 30, 40 summits,” said ...

Cotopaxi, one of the highest volcanoes in the world and sacred to Andean people, rises into the sky at an elevation of 19,347 feet. Situated in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador, along the "Avenue of the ...

Encased by the lofty peaks of Ecuador's Southern Andes, a sprawl of rust-toned roofs and stark white walls stands out amid the verdant valleys. A quintessential hybrid of Andalusian architecture and ...

The capital city of Quito is no longer just a stop-off point for travelers headed to Ecuador’s biodiversity hot spots. In the past decade, riders have discovered hundreds of miles of world-class ...

While exploring an isolated lagoon in the mountains of Ecuador, researchers found several colorful plants — one of which was a new species. The joint team of Ecuadorian, U.S. and German researchers ...

The Azuay páramos are restricted, alpine ecosystems that exist above the tree line but below the permanent snow line. Those who live in southern Ecuador’s páramos oppose gold and copper mining planned ...