Stories: Ecuador

Stories connected to Ecuador.

• The lizard could eat the cockroach. At night, the cockroach drinks its tears.In the Amazon, researchers observed cockroaches feeding on tears from anole lizards, their natural predators.…
• His next rival was a train. He reportedly arrived eight hours ahead.After competing at the 1924 Paris Olympics, Ecuadorian distance runner Alberto Jarrín challenged a train trav…
• A nocturnal fruit eater navigates with clicking soundsOilbirds forage for fruit at night and can supplement their vision with echolocation in poor light. Their sha…
• The lizard runs across water, brieflyBasilisks of Central and South America can run across water for short distances. Flaps between their toes enl…
• The red lips are not petalsPalicourea elata grows in Central and South American rainforests. Its conspicuous red, lip-shaped structures…
• Bright red lips on a fish that walksThe red-lipped batfish lives around the Galápagos Islands. Its red lips are striking, but so is its movement:…