Here are the ins and outs of visiting the action-packed Galápagos Islands on a group-travel itinerary, according to one mom ...

Wild free-swimming whale sharks in the Galapagos have been successfully ultrasounded and blood-sampled, to observe their reproductive states. This is the first time these techniques have been ...

If you love glorious sights and spotting wildlife, you won't be able to resist this stunning trail. The views from here are ...

Map of Galapagos Islands area, showing travelers where the best hotels and ... the flightless cormorant and the mangrove finch) reside, and 16 kinds of whales, including humpbacks and ...

The Galapagos was at the top of my bucket list for years. ... The Galapagos, an archipelago of small islands 600 miles off Ecuador, ... We saw dolphins and pilot whales and white-tipped sharks.

Rescuers managed to save five beached pilot whales by returning them to the ocean, but seven others stranded on a Galapagos Island beach died despite rescue efforts that included building ...

A whale shark swims through the waters off of Wolf Island, Ecuador, next to Enrique “Quike” Moran, a local naturalist from Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on June 9, 2024. (AP ...

Biodiversity and tourism. Despite the islands’ seclusion, a trip to the Galápagos is within reach of many travelers. Last year, I was among a group of 70 passengers from all over the United ...

A giant whale plunged a group of sailors into a scene straight out of “Moby-Dick” when it sank their boat in the Pacific Ocean — where they waited in a life raft for 10 hours before they were… ...

To get the inside scoop on the best time to visit the Galapagos, I spoke to two of Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialists, Jennifer Gillmore of Travel Beyond who specializes in trips ...