The Galapagos Islands are home to many animal species found nowhere else in the world. Situated roughly 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, this archipelago of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean ...

According to officials at Galápagos National Park, there are 2,017 endemic species in the Galápagos Islands, including 79 fish, 42 reptiles, 45 bird, 15 mammals, 1,435 invertebrates, 271 plants, and ...

In celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, Forbes explores why 13 animals native to the Galapagos Islands where he researched are extraordinary--that is, ...

Four species of iguanas from the Galápagos Islands have received the highest protection against international commercial ...

Plastic pollution, from the Great Pacific garbage patch to plastic showing up in the food chain, is known to be a major problem. Researchers have now found that even in pristine environments like the ...

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador: Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. In clear, deep blue water, ...

A bird species never before seen on the islands has also been discovered. Two species that were previously extinct on the Galapagos Islands have reappeared a decade after an invasive predator ...

Darwin’s field notes on the Galapagos Islands declare that it is a little world within itself, and nothing can be truer than this. The archipelago is known for two things: Darwin’s theory of evolution ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

More than 15 years ago, my husband Rick saw Lonesome George at the ripe old age of 91. He encountered the Pinta Island giant land tortoise, believed to be the last of his sub-species, on a Galapagos ...