As a South American travel specialist, I've traveled to the Galápagos Islands several times. Travelers can expect to see species like the giant tortoise and the blue-footed booby. Adventurous visitors ...

The Galápagos Islands include 13 large islands, though only four have permanent residents: Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Isabela, and Floreana. These islands are best known for wildlife found nowhere ...

This video explores the Galapagos Islands and their role in shaping our understanding of evolution and natural selection.

Famously studied by Charles Darwin, the Galápagos Islands lie in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of Ecuador. They are rich ...

This video was shot by a scuba diver swimming in the Galapagos Islands, located in Ecuador. We see a massive whale shark ...

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Somewhere around 5,000 years ago, the deep-sea corals that had clung to seamounts off the Galápagos Islands for more than 100 ...

Perched on the edge of a rugged inflatable boat, I slip on my flippers and my snorkeling mask, then jump feet-first into the cerulean waters below. Swimming alongside fellow travelers from the MS ...

Wrought in a fire of molten lava, isolated out amidst the thrashing waters of the wild Pacific, and densely populated by weird and wonderful wildlife, Ecuador's Galapagos Islands are almost unique. So ...

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Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Galapagos Islands, 1957. Berman is a senior editor at TIME. The pristine wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, which are located nearly 600 miles off the coast of ...

The vampire finch may look innocent at first, but it has developed a remarkable feeding behaviour that has captivated many.