The bird is found on several of the Galápagos islands, where Darwin developed his theory of ... “Nature has a way to amaze us all the time,” she said. Banner image of a Galapagos rail courtesy of ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

Charles Darwin once described Isabela as "the most desolate of the Galápagos Islands". Now, more than 100,000 tourists visit the white sandy beaches of this "almost extraterrestrial outpost ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...

The best way to get around the Galápagos Islands is by boat. The key islands for island-hopping are Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Isabela. You can stay overnight on any of these islands or all ...