Forego the usual tropes and pop the question somewhere steeped in romance – from heart-shaped reefs to the birthplace of ...

and similar facilities on San Cristobal and Isabela Islands, raise endangered giant tortoises in breeding centers to eventually be released into the wild. IGTOA, the International Galapagos Tour ...

Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is probably the most qualified naturalist guide a person could hire during their visit to Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Born into a fishing ...

Five years ago, Gilead signed a massive deal with Galapagos. After a restructuring, the pharma is still hunting for the potential it saw at the original signing. Gilead had reached an inflection point ...

Like most divers, I’ve always wanted to visit the Galapagos Islands. When I finally had the opportunity to do so, I was torn between a land-based trip and a liveaboard. Then, I discovered a ...

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 ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island ...

Charles Darwin’s visit to the islands in 1835 played a significant role in developing his theory of natural selection, with the giant tortoises among the key species that influenced his ideas.

It was a different kind of island getaway. Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom ...

Though Charles Darwin spent only a short time on the Galápagos Islands, the diversity of flora and fauna he documented on these remote volcanic promontories has forever linked his name and ideas to ...