It’s one of the most remote places on Earth, host to unique and abundant wildlife and perhaps offers the best big-game ...

"It’s probably fair to say that most visitors venture out to the Galapagos Islands to see the unique wildlife," writes ...

A strengthening cold current Karnauskas used different data, when at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution a decade ago, to show how cold ocean currents might protect certain islands or coastlines from ...

In a remarkable discovery off the western coast of the Galápagos Islands, scientists have pinpointed a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field, thanks to a trail of ghostly crabs. For over 20 years ...

New research shows that a cold equatorial ocean current -- which provides a buffer for the Galápagos Islands against an otherwise warming Pacific Ocean -- has been getting stronger for decades.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — Six hundred miles west of Ecuador’s coast, ... giving rise to the extraordinary richness of wildlife — where southern ocean, ...

The Galapagos have always been sensitive to changes in ocean temperature. The archipelago itself is located where major ocean currents converge — cool from the south, warm from the north, and a ...

As one might imagine, as the island tries to bring the current to an abrupt halt, some of the water probably manages to sneak around the islands, while some goes up and down. The water that goes up is ...

Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands are rightly considered one of the world’s natural treasures. The unique, fearless animals that evolved on this isolated archipelago helped inspire Charles Darwin ...

Check out the footage of the Galapagos Island’s highest peak volcano spewing molten lava into the ocean. RJ ESPAÑOL VIEW E-EDITION.

"On July 30 we flew to Quito, Ecuador, and then several days later caught a flight to the Galapagos Islands where we boarded a boat for the next eight days." Skip to content All Sections ...