With no place else to go, the Galápagos’ denizens adapted to conditions unique to their new homes. Consider, for example, a tale of two tortoises. On Santa Cruz Island, with dense forests of ...

The strange, conspicuously adapted wildlife that impressed Charles Darwin when he visited the Galápagos Islands in 1835—and that would later kindle his discovery of the process of evolution by ...

Situated about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, the Galápagos Islands are world-renowned for their extraordinary biodiversity. These islands are home to some of the most ...