So far the animals and plants of the Galápagos have managed to survive this precarious balance. But the insults may be coming too fast and from too many angles to give them a chance to adapt.

A small bird on the Galápagos Islands was observed by Charles Darwin in 1835 but has been missing ever since. Now, the ...

The lizards likely reached the islands by hitching a ride on logs, vegetation or other debris, and diverged from their terrestrial cousins some 4.5 million years ago. Javier Aznar González Rueda ...

The Philadelphia Zoo has achieved a monumental milestone in its 150+ year history with the successful hatching of four ...

Today, tourists visit the islands to see the dramatic landscapes - volcanoes, beautiful coastlines and coral reefs - as well as the wildlife and plants. My great, great, great uncle Edwin was part ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long distance ...