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SANTIAGO ISLAND, Ecuador -- Just minutes after visitors scramble onto the black volcanic beach here, they face vivid evidence of how humans have transformed this archipelago -- even though the island ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of juvenile giant tortoises were released on Floreana Island in the Galapagos on February 20, reintroducing the species, ...

The Channel Islands are home to hundreds of unique species, and an unchecked blaze is tearing through one of the archipelago’s most untouched lands.

Scientists may have solved Darwin's plant mystery, revealing how climate determines which invasive species thrive.

A fleet of dogs is working to protect the Galápagos Islands from threats that can completely change the ecological makeup of the area. After an initial trial with the dogs in 2017 to protect the ...

The Galapagos Islands are home to some of the world's rarest flora and fauna. But the wildlife that inspired naturalist Charles Darwin's theory of... Galapagos Plants, Wildlife Under Threat The ...