The Galapagos' most ... four inhabited islands, San Cristóbal was the first reached by Darwin on his 1835 expedition. Yet it has a darker, little-known history. In the 1880s, the town of El ...

Evolution's new narrative depicts a more decentralized network, where branches can both split and join. Or, better: Life is ...

The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely ... including South America, the Galápagos Islands, and Australia. Darwin’s observations and notes on the natural world during ...

Of the $6.1 million received from donations and through other activities, the Conservancy was able to spend 77% of that on ...

Today, the vessel has been repurposed for environmental patrols of those same waters, helping to hunt down predatory vessels ...

Hundreds of endangered giant tortoises have been returned to the wild on the Galápagos Islands through a conservation program. Park rangers and conservation groups worked together to collect ...

Galapagos Islands: birthplace of Darwin’s evolution theory, first World Natural Heritage Site, rich in unique species and volcanic activity. The year was 1835, and the British Royal Navy’s HMS ...

ECUADOR: Concord resident Sylvia Rodriguez’s recent trip to Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago offered adventures of every variety, including a few amusing ones. “Chilling with a ...

The boats will be treating us to a private tour around the islands, making stops at some of the best points of interest in the Galápagos for nature encounters. From blue- and red-footed boobies to ...

The Galapagos Islands are a magical archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles west of the coast of Ecuador.