Galapagos Islands Stories

Visit the Galapagos Islands and you're sure to see plenty of Galapagos sea lions lazing in the sand. They're usually pretty good at making themselves...

Iguanas are a common and generally welcome site in the Galapagos Islands.  In fact, the archipelago is literally crawling with them in some places.  But last...

When most people think of the Galapagos Islands, natural, rather than human, history understandably comes to mind. Still, people have done some pretty...

Back in June we reported that a court in Ecuador issued a landmark ruling when it  convicted all the defendants in an illegal shark fishing case within the...

A new study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution suggests that Galapagos penguins may be among a handful of species that are...

The lava gull is only found in the Galapagos Islands. With only 300 to 600 individuals left in the wild, it is the rarest gull in the world. It is named for...

Sea lions are painfully slow and awkward on land and veritable super heroes underwater, as this fantastic photo of a Galapagos sea lion gliding through the...

It seems only fitting that one of our planet's most ecologically unique and pristine places should also boast one of the world's most environmentally friendly...

  Tourism in the Galapagos is about to get a little greener as authorities plan to launch solar powered catamaran service between Baltra and Santa Cruz...

It seems like the Galapagos Islands are rarely out of the news these days for long. Earlier this month, for example, Travel + Leisure  released its 2015...

The illustrations below, which reimagine several islands in the Galapagos as being supported on the backs of massive sea creatures, were created by...

Yesterday, NASA released this dramatic satellite photo of Wolf Volacano on Isabella Island. In May, it erupted for the first time in 33 years, sending...

The crew of the the E/V Nautilus recently visited the Galapagos Rift and had the opportunity to film some of the creatures that live near the hydrothermal...