Gentle eruptions

Melting glaciers could make volcanic eruptions more explosive and ...

A heartbeat-like pulse has been discovered beating deep beneath East Africa – and it’s ripping the continent apart. The strange thumping is caused by a rhythmic surge of molten mantle rock rising and

From pristine colonial centres to Amazonian villages and Andean hill towns, the more you see of Ecuador, the more you realise every bit of it is unique, writes Ilan David

Sinead Mulhern picks the six Ecuadorian national parks you won’t want to miss

From luxury lodges in misty cloud forest to haciendas perched among the Andean peaks, to colonial-era city hideaways built atop pre-Columbian sites, the sheer diversity of Ecuador’s stays reveals just how varied this country can be

What makes Chile, specifically the Atacama Desert, a prime location for looking at the cosmos? Chile is the best place on Earth for doing astronomy in different wavelengths. We have very clear and qui