While the red-lipped batfish is related to 60 or so other batfish species, this one is especially unique. Found only in the waters of the Galápagos Islands, red-lipped batfish wear their permanently ...

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant ...

The Galápagos Islands are witnessing a groundbreaking ... Marcelo Mata Guerrero, Ecuador’s Minister of Environment and Water, emphasized the importance of such partnerships for global conservation.

The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago in the eastern Pacific Ocean located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. The 19 main volcanic islands and 107 islets sit within a degree and a half of the ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

Some 100,000 giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) range across Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https ...

Conservancy is the name of the modern Galápagos game, with the Charles Darwin Research Centre on Santa Cruz Island serving as the nerve center of Ecuador’s national park service. The park service and ...

When is the best time to visit the Galapagos Islands ... and touring plans before or after the islands on mainland Ecuador or a neighboring country. “If you are hoping to travel over festive ...

A new fishery is not the solution to overfishing Ecuador’s ... focused approach in Galapagos is partly responsible for ongoing conflicts and weak governance. Instead, our approach is to identify the ...