Travel Bucketlist. 10 Surprising Facts About the Galápagos Islands. Posted: January 1, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. Prepare to be amazed by the wonders of the Galápagos Islands! 🌴 ...

Although the wildlife tends to be the star of the show, the Galápagos Islands have an interesting human history as well. Long before Charles Darwin visited in 1835, the Galápagos Islands were ...

📆 Today in History News. Environment. The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters Share this: Click to share on Facebook ...

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On the Galapagos Islands, a ground finch that usually munched on small, soft seeds was forced, during a drought, to eat harder, larger ones. Within the space of a few generations, the bird evolved ...

The Galápagos Islands are named after the giant tortoises they became famous for, after Tomás de Berlanga, the bishop of Panama, discovered them in 1535. In their almost 500 years of human history, ...

A species of iguana that went extinct nearly 200 years ago on one of the Galápagos Islands appears to be making a comeback, with some help from a team of conservationists.