Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...

Applied Food Sciences ( AFS) is proud to receive the Sello Chakra (Chakra Seal), a certification from the Amazonian Kichwa communities of Ecuador, in recognition of its integral role in sourcing raw ...

A 27-year-old man being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Maine since last week claims he’s an asylum seeker and ...

Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy was the one who pushed for a historical marker at the birthplace of his friend, Marion ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil ...

How the put-down of “no sabo kid” became embraced, with Latinos redefining identity beyond perfect Spanish.

The study flags new challenges for conservation as population growth brings humans and animals closer together. View on ...

Juan Carlos Vargas lost a leg in a road accident but that did not stop him from undertaking a perilous journey from his ...

Birds develop "road rage" due to traffic noise, reveals a new study. Researchers found that native species in the Galápagos ...

At first sight, Gustavo Cañas-Valle, an ornithologist and BGSU alumnus, said he couldn't quite believe what he was observing: Chimborazo Hillstar hummingbirds in his native Ecuador were not ...

A Los Angeles sex worker called 911 to report being held in a motel room against her will. When the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) showed up, one of the officers shot her. The woman, Linda ...

Ecuador exported less shrimp by both volume and value year over year in 2024, with big decreases seen in shipments to China. Ecuador exported 2.67 billion pounds of farmed shrimp in 2024, bringing in ...