After rumbling and belching ash, the Cotopaxi volcano was silent Sunday, hours after Ecuador declared a state of emergency and fearful residents were evacuated. "Monitoring of the Cotopaxi volcano ...

From here, many choose to drive about two hours to hike in Llanganates National Park. This area is famous for the legend of Incan Emperor Atahualap’s lost treasure, an alleged bounty of precious ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experience Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes and a defining landmark of Ecuador’s Andean ...

Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano, which began erupting in August after being dormant for 138 years, on Thursday coughed up a two-kilometer-high column of ash, officials said. The giant ash column was ...

BANOS, Ecuador -- Rescuers on Friday searched for 30 people missing after the devastating explosion of a volcano killed at least one person and forced tens of thousands to flee and appeared poised for ...

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., ...

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, ...