It turned out to be a good omen for my sailing around the eastern Galápagos Islands aboard the Galápagos Explorer, a newly launched expedition yacht by South Africa–based travel operator andBeyond. As ...

These large birds live nine months out of the year from April to December on the Galapagos Island of Espanola where they mate ...

There's no place like the Galapagos Islands. One of the most biodiverse spots on Earth, visitors will leave here having seen something entirely new, like a marine iguana or colony of Darwin's finches.

It is unlikely you'll visit just one island while vacationing on the Galápagos Islands. Each of the archipelago's 20 main islands is home to a variety of natural wonders (like beaches and ...

The best way to get around the Galápagos Islands is by boat. The key islands for island-hopping are Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Isabela. You can stay overnight on any of these islands or all ...

Diego's return to his native Espanola comes after around eight decades of living in a California zoo and then in the tortoise recovery program on Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos. For his final ...

These boobies live off the western coasts of Central and South America. The Galápagos Islands population includes about half of all breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies. Like other boobies ...

This hit home when we tumbled out of a rubber panga on San Cristóbal Island the next morning. Even though we had sailed just a few overnight hours east from our first stop on the rust red ...