After the 1982-1983 El Niño warming event, the coral endemic to the Galápagos Islands experienced sharp population declines ...

A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is seen in Tortuga Bay at Santa Cruz Island, part of the Galapagos archipelago in Ecuador, on June 26, 2023. Unusually warm for this time of year, the waters ...

A coral species that was thought to have been extinct since 2000 has been rediscovered by researchers.

According to a report published in Marine Biology, healthy colonies of a species of a black stony coral (known as ...

El Nino-induced food shortages can mean starvation for marine iguanas—whose body length has been recorded during previous events to shrink by as much as five centimeters (1.9 inches).

July 29, 2024 0 12 GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos.

Scientists observing the species have noted a significant decline in population numbers during El Nino events. Marine iguanas swim like snakes through the water from rock to rock as waves crash ...

Scuba divers surveying marine life off of Ecuador found several out-of-place fish species in first-of-their-kind sightings, photos show. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into the ...