These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

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

Researchers have uncovered a system that links a landlocked country in central Africa to the global trafficking of protected ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday.

In the mid-1980s, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a deeply satirical, allegorical novel called Galápagos in which an ageing hustler flees ...

Galapagos tortoises are herbivores native to the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador. Female tortoises typically lay ...

BRITISH tourists could be in for a chilly welcome this summer, as multiple countries across the world are ramping up their ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the ...

Bypass the tourists and venture off the beaten track with any of these 12 countries, famed for their underrated charm and all ...

Elon Musk’s aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands ... since the world’s richest man joined ...

Kleindienst Group is set to add a second Nice-inspired property to its Côte d’Azur-style resorts in Dubai World Islands. Part of the Heart of Europe development located on the World Islands just off ...

Since Charles Darwin developed his theory of human evolution following an 1835 trip to the islands, the Galápagos have been viewed as a sanctuary for wildlife. But a huge increase in human ...