The Coast Guard seized $510 million worth of illegal narcotics aboard drug smuggling vessels, including a narco-sub with over ...

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...

The Galápagos Islands, which famously inspired British naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are located roughly 600 miles off the coast of mainland Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean.

A pair of Galapagos tortoises are proving that it’s never too late to raise a family. The Philadelphia Zoo said it was “overjoyed” at the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While actual road rage is primarily a human trait, some birds on the Galápagos Islands are experiencing their own issues with ...

The Galápagos are an archipelago, or group of islands, off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite close together and they have similar landscapes, plants and animals.

Galapagos tortoises are herbivores native to the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador. Female tortoises typically lay up to 20 billiard-ball-sized eggs at a time, according to the ...