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.

Glaciers are seen on Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano - Copyright VATICAN MEDIA/AFP Handout Glaciers are seen on Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano - Copyright VATICAN MEDIA ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Explosive devices detonated on two bridges in Ecuador on routes between the coast and ...

Scientists found a scaly animal with a “collar” lurking in the Andes mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Ecuador. Photo from Reiseuhu via ...

In the mountains of Ecuador lurked a scaly creature with a white “collar” around its neck. For years, the distinctive animal had managed to go unnoticed or, when occasionally spotted, misidentified.