If you compute the distance from the planet's center, Chimborazo, located near the equator at 20,564 feet in Ecuador, earns the top honor. That's because the earth is more like an ellipsoid than a ...

Beyond the storied charm and colonial trappings of Quito’s Old Town, there is plenty more to explore in the Ecuadorian ...

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

This geological collision also produced a secondary mountain chain within Ecuador’s Andes, the Cordilleras, the result of which was dozens of lofty volcanoes. Several of these remain active.

Arbatax Park Resort, Italy, was named best eco resort; Aristi Mountain Resort and Villas, Greece, as the top eco lodge; and ...

A Brazilian tourist who fell down a ravine at an Indonesian volcano popular with hikers has been found dead, the Brazilian ...

Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the ...

In 2019, while in Peru as a camp counselor, Tyler Andrews set his first Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 37.9-mile Salkantay ...

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a series of resolutions on Harmony with Nature, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued an advisory opinion stating that environmental ...

In that list, Forbes claimed that Doja Cat earned $25 million in 2021 thanks to her music career and a growing international presence and partnerships with brands such as Pepsi and CandyCrush. That ...

Ever since Ecuador's most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, authorities have been ...

Ecuador’s most wanted man and leader of the Los Choneros gang, Jose Adolfo Macias, was captured on Wednesday, according to ...