Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here is a ...

Villagers and experts warily eyed an Ecuador volcano Saturday that spewed a 10-kilometer (six-mile) high column of ash a day earlier in a spectacular eruption. "For now, the ash fall is mild," Ecuador ...

FILE PHOTO: The Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world's highest active volcanoes in Ecuador is seen from Quito QUITO (Reuters) - The Ecuadorean Geophysical Institute on Tuesday detected a column of gases ...

The Chimborazo volcano, the highest peak in Ecuador, is a popular draw for mountaineers, several of whom have died in recent years in avalanches and accidents ...

After seven years of relative inactivity, the volcano erupted last Thursday (January 6) at midnight causing smoke and ash clouds to rise up to 3,800 metres (12,000 feet). Lava flowing from the volcano ...

A geologist at Washington University in St. Louis is doing his part to make sure that the small Latin American country of Ecuador follows the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Robert Buchwaldt, Ph.D., ...

Ecuadorean villagers fled their homes after the Andean country's "Throat of Fire" volcano erupted Saturday, spewing rocks, gas and ash that prompted officials to declare a maximum alert for nearby ...

HUAMBALO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has been putting on a dramatic show, spewing lava from a cauldron-like crater and launching towering clouds of ash and gas. The country's ...

Experience Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes and a defining landmark of Ecuador’s Andean landscape. Rising to 5,897 meters (19,347 feet), Cotopaxi features a perfectly ...

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, ...