Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly to ban oil drilling in Yasuni park. Following through will hobble Noboa’s ability to finance ...

Kirk S. Thomas Olsen, 61, was found dead after park rangers learned that he was overdue to return from backpacking in the ...

A man who was scheduled to return from a backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park in late August was found dead on Saturday ...

There have been multiple instances of tourists getting too close to wildlife, which can be dangerous for both the animals and ...

A 71-year-old boater was found dead along the Colorado River in the heart of the Grand Canyon, reportedly marking the 16th ...

Ecuadorians voted to shield part of the Amazon from oil drilling. How the decision will be implemented is still to be ...

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the "strange and devastating violence" of so-called saviors.

A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the Indigenous Waorani people are imploring ...

A 16-year-old who broke his leg while backpacking at Duffy Lake in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness was rescued by helicopter on Sunday.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Ecuador's government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block ...

But 12 months on, there is little sign of the industry leaving Yasuni National Park, a biodiversity hotspot east of Quito. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry for Energy and Mines ...

(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador’s government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park ...