Expedition yacht La Pinta brings the iconic wildlife, natural wonders and ecological warnings of the Galapagos into view.

Charles Darwin embarked on the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Archipelago, where he observed unique species of plants and ...

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...

1959, the Galapagos became Ecuador's first national park, and in 1978 it became a World Heritage Site. But it was made famous well before that by this guy, Charles Darwin, and his theory of evolution.

A Galapagos tortoise is seen at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island in Ecuador in this Nov. 11, 2008, file photo unrelated to the story. (Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) PHILADELPHIA ...

Mommy, who has lived at the zoo for nearly 93 years, is seen as one of the most "genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises ... National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation have been vital ...

The Galápagos Islands, which famously inspired British naturalist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, are located roughly 600 miles off the coast of mainland Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean.

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Ecuador is home to the famous Galapagos Islands ... Observing its wonders in the 19th century, British scientist Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution after studying finches and ...

This was something that Charles Darwin noticed on his famous expedition to the Galápagos Islands in 1835. It led him to come up with his scientific theory of natural selection, which explains how ...