The remote Galápagos Islands of the Pacific, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, have no historic monuments, only a handful of human settlements and the barest smattering of amenities such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Galápagos Islands are home to some of the most unique wildlife on Earth, with many species found nowhere else. Their isolation ...

The Galapagos is no place for a mammal. But it's a great place to be a reptile. Land animals had to make the trip here via rafts of vegetation that broke loose from the mainland, which isn't so bad if ...

Scuba divers surveying marine life off of Ecuador found several out-of-place fish species in first-of-their-kind sightings, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into the ...

I quickly splash back into the water from the edge of the panga (or dinghy) where I was taking a break from snorkeling. My wetsuit is only half-zipped, but I quickly swim the 30 or so feet to where my ...

Darwin Island in the Galapagos is home to Galapagos Sharks, massive schools of hammerhead sharks, and whale sharks, the biggest shark in the ocean. Divers come here from all around the world to swim ...

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Fifty giant tortoises walked onto Floreana Island in the Galápagos, the first of their kind to set foot there ...

Armed only with gloves and large sacks, park rangers and volunteers are battling the scourge of plastic waste blighting the idyllic Galapagos Islands and their unique creatures. Tons of plastic waste ...