President Rafael Correa said rebuilding costs could reach $3bn.
Mary Papenfuss
Apr 21, 2016
Researchers claimed the coral had survived previous bleaching events due to gradually warming waters.
Adam Justice
Apr 19, 2016
The dramatic eruption caused the nearby airport to close.
Adam Justice
Apr 19, 2016
Dinosaur species were going extinct faster than new ones were emerging long before mass extinction asteroid.
Matt Atherton
Apr 18, 2016
The video, released by the WWF, shows two of the continent's most endangered predators.
Léa Surugue
Apr 18, 2016
Footage reveals fault lines that triggered the two massive earthquakes, on 14 and 16 April.
Adam Justice
Apr 18, 2016
Mice embryos in China's SJ-10 satellite found to develop into advanced blastocysts over four days.
Hannah Osborne
Apr 18, 2016
Stan and Olli, the gay male King penguins, will be called Kalle and Grobi in Hamburg zoo.
Ananya Roy
Apr 18, 2016
State of emergency has been declared in Soriano after a tornado strikes near the Argentinian border
William Watkinson
Apr 16, 2016
A Florida man captured the grisly scene on camera while out for a walk.
Adam Justice
Apr 15, 2016
Warmer summers give shrubs longer growing seasons, so more food is available for moose in the cold winters.
Matt Atherton
Apr 13, 2016
The royal couple saw the endangered one-horned rhino, whose numbers are rising despite the attentions of poachers.
David Sim
Apr 13, 2016
Gary and Angela Williams, from Overton in Lancashire, are now negotiating with potential buyers.
Ananya Roy
Apr 13, 2016
Salmon farmers have blanket authorisation to shoot 'problem animals' in ecologically sensitive area.
Mary Papenfuss
Apr 13, 2016
Presence of sexually transmitted infections likely helped monogamy develop in humans.
Hannah Osborne
Apr 12, 2016
Thousands of red crabs were recorded at Hannibal Bank Seamount – the furthest south the species has been charted.
Hannah Osborne
Apr 12, 2016
Tigers are among the most beloved animals said Leonardo DiCaprio, whose foundation has contributed $6.5m.
Mary Papenfuss
Apr 11, 2016
The new centre is being touted as the largest facility for penguins in the world.
Adam Justice
Apr 08, 2016
Despite heavy culling, boar population is increasing dramatically, adding to woes of residents in the region.
Lara Rebello
Apr 08, 2016
'Trap-jaw' spiders are an extremely fast species using an unusual head anatomy to catch their prey.
Léa Surugue
Apr 07, 2016
The Harry Hedgehog Café is home to between 20-30 hedgehogs, giving customers the chance to spend time with the prickly mammals
Alex Wheeler
Apr 07, 2016
Bawean warty pig should be listed by the IUCN as endangered, scientists say.
Hannah Osborne
Apr 06, 2016
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, populations of some wildlife – such as wolf, elk and boar – are booming in the vast exclusion zone around the former reactor.
David Sim
Apr 06, 2016
Lee Lightsey says this was the biggest alligator he has encountered in the last 20 years.
Ananya Roy
Apr 06, 2016
Twenty-three boats – 13 from Vietnam and 10 from Malaysia – were blown up simultaneously in seven different ports.
David Sim
Apr 06, 2016
Red deer probably reached islands off Scotland with the help of maritime transport.
Léa Surugue
Apr 06, 2016
Aquilonifer spinosus, dubbed 'the kite runner', roamed Earth's oceans 430 million years ago.
Karthick Arvinth
Apr 05, 2016
School Daze the pup may be suffering from toxic algae that causes brain damage, experts have said.
Mary Papenfuss
Apr 05, 2016
The ivory that has been secured is being held in a stock room in Nairobi, and will be torched on 30 April.
Alex Wheeler
Apr 04, 2016
Mexico contains over 3,000 volcanoes - but only 14 are considered active.
Adam Justice
Apr 04, 2016