The journey begins at Tortuga Bay, where a lone boat rests in a crystal-clear lagoon surrounded by volcanic rock and lush ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A volcano atop one of the Galapagos Islands has erupted for the first time in 33 years, threatening a fragile ecosystem that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

The Galapagos archipelago includes 19 large islands within a wider group of islands, islets and rocks. The islands rise from the Nazca tectonic plate above a volcanic hot spot, and their landforms ...

For the first time in nearly two centuries, giant tortoises are once again roaming Floreana Island in the Galápagos, a conservation milestone more than a decade in the making. Early settlers on ...

The Floreana tortoise went extinct from its native island in the 19th century, but conservationists have reintroduced hybrid tortoises carrying its DNA.

A trio of sea lions frolicked in front of us as we snorkeled on the coast of the Galapagos Islands. A sea turtle glided by a few meters from us, unfazed by our presence. A school of orange and silver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant tortoise in Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island The tortoises arrived in the archipelago from South America over ...

On the slopes of the Wolf volcano at the northern tip of one of the Galapagos Islands prowls a pink iguana, which until recently had entirely escaped the notice of the island's visitors--including the ...