Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador on July 1, 2024. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of Indigenous rhythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos, played ...

Biologist María Claudia Segovia Salcedo is not only helping to create a seed bank of Andean mountain plants, she is also planting the seeds for a more inclusive environment for women in STEM in ...

For a scenic trip to the Andes, head to this charming tourist-friendly and white-walled city with a vibrant culture that is known as "the Athens of Ecuador." ...

In 1970 researchers uncovered the Tandayapa Andean toad (Andinophryne olallai), previously unknown to science, in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador. Given that only a single individual was discovered, ...

A restored, century-old steam locomotive grinds slowly out from its rail shed. Vapor from its smokestack hangs in the humid air surrounding Durán Station. In a few days, that vapor will crystallize in ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...