Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: The Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world's highest active volcanoes in Ecuador is seen from Quito QUITO (Reuters) - The ...

On an unusually clear November night, as I stood atop the volcanic soils of El Panecillo with 360-degree views of the valleys below, it was hard for me to tell where the glittering street lights of ...

Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here’s a first-person account of one man’s Ecuadorian climbs. Cotopaxi volcano spewing ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP/CNN Newsource) — A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting, lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbled down its sides toward the sea. The La Cumbre ...

Three mountaineers died and 12 were injured after they fell while climbing Ecuador's Carihuairazo volcano, rescue services said Saturday. "A 47-year-old woman and two men aged 45 and 50 died in this ...

QUITO, March 3 (Reuters) - Ecuador's La Cumbre volcano, part of the Galapagos archipelago, has started to erupt, the government of the South American country reported on Sunday. There was no immediate ...

BANOS, Ecuador -- A volcanic eruption in Ecuador's Andes mountains showered incandescent rock and lava on nearby villages, smothering houses and burning residents as thousands tried to flee to safety.

One Canadian woman died and a fellow citizen was injured when an avalanche roared down the side of snow-capped Chimborazo volcano, Ecuador's highest peak, rescue service officials said Thursday. The ...

QUITO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The Ecuadorean Geophysical Institute on Tuesday detected a column of gases and ashes rising from the crater of the Cotopaxi volcano, as part of its ongoing eruptive activity, ...