QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador plans to vaccinate more than two million birds against bird flu to control an outbreak in the Andean nation, the Minister of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The South American ...

TANDAYAPA VALLEY, Ecuador -- An odd-looking bird, like a Nerf football on stilts, emerged hesitantly from the dense foliage of the subtropical rain forest to stand on a path. She shifted from one foot ...

In 1998, a small group of bird-watchers in Ecuador stared intently as a diminutive bird darted along the ground. They soon realized they had discovered a Jocotoco antipitta, which was thought to be ...

Here’s an excursion that really is for the birds. Wildlife photographer Dan Suzio is leading a 12-day photography tour of Ecuador, home to more than 1,600 species of birds (including more than 100 ...

AS I STOOD on a trailhead in northern Ecuador, in the town of Baeza, the sky above me was implausibly blue. My backpack was weighed down by the 3-pound, 970-page “Birds of Ecuador Field Guide,” the ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador reported its first case of human transmission of bird flu in a 9-year-old girl, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, marking a rare case of human infection a month after the ...

In 1998, a small group of bird-watchers in Ecuador stared intently as a diminutive bird darted along the ground. They soon realized they had discovered a Jocotoco antipitta, which was thought to be ...