A pair of jaguars discovered in a cage on a ranch exposed a cruel new fashion among Ecuador's drug lords. In the style of Colombian cocaine baron Pablo Escobar, they are erecting private, illegal zoos ...

Capybaras are large rodents that can weigh up to 80 kilograms - Copyright AFP Abduaziz MADYAROV Capybaras are large rodents that can weigh up to 80 kilograms ...

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 ...

Parrots, monkeys, snakes and even jaguars have been seized from so-called "narco-zoos" in Ecuador, the private collections of powerful drug traffickers. The country has become a key logistical hub for ...

Conservationists in Ecuador have taken a controversial approach to fighting the country’s illegal frog trade—they’ve entered it themselves. Instead of poaching frogs from the wild, biologists working ...

Alongside a pristine stream in the foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, a team of researchers has found a graceful glass frog that's new to science. Unlike its close relatives, this amphibian has ...

In gang-ridden Ecuador, people who sport popular animal tattoos such as tigers or eagles are increasingly forced to hide their ink as such symbols have become usurped by criminal groups. The Barron's ...

A new species of frog discovered in Ecuador is the first vertebrate known to change its skin texture from smooth to spiny, researchers say. The mutable species of rain frog possesses an ability ...

Ecuador on Tuesday warned would-be wild animal eaters of possible prison time and Colombia launched an investigation after a competitive cooking TV show featured shark, alligator and capybara as ...