https://wildlife.blog/tags/ecuador/Recent content in Ecuador on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-horse-banos-de-agua-santa-ecuador/https://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-horse-banos-de-agua-santa-ecuador/<p><strong>Feral Horse</strong> <em>(Equus caballus)</em></p> <p>Descendants of horses brought by Spanish colonists, feral horses roam freely through Ecuador&rsquo;s highlands, grazing unfenced hillsides and wandering among towns with little human interference.</p> <p>Feral and semi-feral horses are a common sight around Baños de Agua Santa year-round, navigating the steep Andean terrain with sure-footed ease.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_horse">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74442-Equus-caballus">iNaturalist</a></p>https://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-seahorse-found-under-a-mangrove-tree-in-ecuad/https://wildlife.blog/posts/wild-seahorse-found-under-a-mangrove-tree-in-ecuad/<p><strong>Pacific Seahorse</strong> <em>(Hippocampus ingens)</em></p> <p>The largest seahorse in the eastern Pacific, growing up to 30 cm — and one of the few species tough enough to thrive in the brackish, silty world beneath mangrove roots.</p> <p>Found year-round along Ecuador&rsquo;s coast, but increasingly rare due to bycatch and habitat loss; listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_seahorse">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/90076-Hippocampus-ingens">iNaturalist</a></p>