Other Amazonian excursions venture deep into Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in search of birds of a different feather. You'll ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...

Researchers have uncovered a system that links a landlocked country in central Africa to the global trafficking of protected iguanas from the Pacific Ocean Galápagos Islands.

Researchers have uncovered a system that links a landlocked country in central Africa to the global trafficking of protected ...

The best time to explore the Galápagos Islands is from December to May. While the islands are excellent year-round, these months offer temperatures ranging from the low 70s to mid-80s ...

The spillage of more than 150,000 gallons of diesel oil from an Ecuadorean tanker near the Galapagos Islands is a "catastrophe", the environmentalist David Bellamy warned today. The spill ...

A small group of adult Galapagos penguins sharing a rock with a Blue-Footed Booby. Photo: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory Returning to the mainland after a week cruising the Galápagos Islands ...

The hatchlings’ parents, female Mommy and male Abrazzo, however, are likely well-known to zoo-goers. Both are estimated to be ...

The lizards likely reached the islands by hitching a ride on logs, vegetation or other debris, and diverged from their terrestrial cousins some 4.5 million years ago. Javier Aznar González Rueda ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...