The new Patagonia Azul Provincial Park is in one of the most wildlife-rich corners of the South Atlantic Ocean, nicknamed ...

Some of the animals “likely arrived during recent El Niño phenomena” when ocean currents “temporarily reversed” direction, ...

The new Patagonia Azul Provincial Park is in one of the most wildlife-rich corners of the South Atlantic Ocean, nicknamed ...

Famed for playing a pivotal role in inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, this ethereal destination plays home to ...

The Lonesome George room is in Puerto Ayora, the city where about 13,000 Galapagueños live. The Galápagos National Park ...

California’s Channel Islands, often called North America’s Galapagos, are home to a stunning array of unique wildlife and ...

This was not the Galapagos wildlife encounter I expected ... Nearly 200 years after Charles Darwin sailed through the Galapagos Islands on HMS Beagle, I boarded La Pinta, an expedition ship ...

Renowned for their incredible range of subspecies and unique evolutionary adaptations, the Galapagos Islands are sometimes referred to as a ‘living laboratory of evolution’ because of their isolated ...

the Galapagos Islands are as otherworldly and remote as you can get. Indeed, the isolated location is the main reason behind its unique flora and fauna, much of it found nowhere else on Earth.

Not only does the acreage protect the area’s plentiful wildlife, who come to feed and breed, but it safeguards over 60 islands and islets, kelp forests, and rugged coastal habitats.

Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into the crystalline waters of the Galápagos Islands, scuba divers ... The out-of-place animals turned out to be first-of-their-kind sightings.