Users of the web giant’s Google Street View program will be able to take a panoramic tour of the island – both above and below the waterline. In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana ...

Five months into the pandemic, things were getting desperate for Robin Betancourt, The tourists he depended upon as a boat captain were unable to visit the Galapagos Islands, whose isolation—1,000 ...

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world’s largest tortoises and other fantastic creatures. Soon it will take only ...

The Galápagos Islands remain one of the most biodiverse spots on the planet—with tortoises, finches and iguanas dotting just 3,000 square miles of land. But the volcanic archipelago that once inspired ...

A quirk of the Galápagos legal system means sea lions get dibs on beach chairs and a run-over iguana is a national incident.

This map shows the sea surface temperatures around the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean on March 18, 2007. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning ...

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 ...

Xavier Castro is a writer who works at the Galapagos Conservancy, where he dedicates himself to educating the public about ...