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Nearly 900 dead dolphins have washed up on the beaches of northern Peru since February. Autopsies have revealed air bubbles and blood in their sinuses, indicating they suffered from "the bends," or decompression sickness, after a panicked, rapid ascent to the ocean's surface. If this is the case, what is spooking so many dolphins, and is that why they died?

 23 May 2012 SolGold Plc ("SolGold" or the "Company") Rannes Resource Estimate Update The Board of SolGold plc (AIM code: SOLG) today provides an update to the market on the 100% owned ...

Micah Englehart, a senior at O’Dea High School and resident of West Seattle, spent six months of his high school career in Ecuador and, as full immersion in a different world tends to go, the experience has left indelible marks. From August of 2011 until February 1, 2012, Englehart lived with his host family in Quito and attended public high school. Quito, located in the northern reaches of ...

Universidad de Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli has promised the club's supporters he will not abandon the side during the season amidst talk of a potential move to his homeland Argentina or Brazil.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's anti-narcotics chief says authorities have found $1.3 million in cash in a plane from Mexico that crashed into a rural hillside.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's anti-narcotics chief says authorities have found $1.3 million in cash in a plane from Mexico that crashed into a rural hillside.

Ecuador's undersecretary of mines said Tuesday that there has been progress in negotiations between the Ecuadorian government and Canadian gold mining company Kinross Gold Corp. (KGC, K.T) over the Fruta del Norte gold deposit.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's anti-narcotics chief says authorities have found $1.3 million in cash in a plane from Mexico that crashed into a rural hillside.

14 May 2012 Solomon Gold Plc ("SolGold" or "Solomon Gold" or the "Company") (AIM code: SOLG) Change of name to SolGold plc The Board of Solomon Gold is pleased to announce ...

There are no blue-footed boobies. No tropical penguins or lizards that swim. You're more likely to see llamas, maybe a spectacled bear. This is mainland Ecuador, the quieter but no less attractive sister of the much-lauded Galapagos Islands, which often reduce the rest of the country to a mere stopover on the way to wildlife wonders.