Ecuador's Geophysics Institute urged residents and tourists who may be tempted to witness the spectacle to stay away from the 16,575-foot Tungurahua volcano in the nation's central Andes.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has spewed a 6-mile column of ash after a powerful, five-minute explosion that shot pyroclastic material onto its northern and northwestern ...

As part of the global actions promoted during the International Year of Glacier Preservation, the team from the UNESCO Office ...

The Tungurahua volcano spews fumes and lava on February 27, in Huambalo, Ecuador. The volcano erupted again on Wednesday and, experts said, could keep erupting for days. The Tungurahua volcano ...

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, affecting several ...

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A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting and lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbles down its sides toward the sea.

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The two new species of rainfrogs were found near volcanoes in Ecuador, according to scientists. Juan P. Reyes-Puig and Zane Libke via ZooKeys Deep within the unexplored depths of Ecuador’s Andes ...

The Cotopaxi volcano, a 5,897-meter-high (19,347-foot-high), snow-capped mountain located in the city of Latacunga, south of Quito, resumed its eruptive activity in late October at a low-intensity ...

Ecuador's Risk Management service said on its Twitter account that ash fall was light in affected areas, including Quito. The capital's airport operated normally on Tuesday, and said on its Twitter ...