The Galápagos are an archipelago, or group of islands, off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite close together and they have similar landscapes, plants and animals.

By 2014, the cold water pocket extended across the entire western coasts of the islands. A shift in trade winds and underwater ocean currents likely caused the Galapagos cold pool expansion ...

One of the biggest threats facing the Galápagos Islands is warming ocean waters caused by climate change. According to NASA, the last 10 years were the ocean's warmest decade since at least the ...

The waters surrounding the Galapagos islands teem with wildlife such as ... He says he hopes the benefits of protecting such a big area of ocean will become clear and that those who may have ...

Socotra is part of Yemen, which is embroiled in a lengthy civil war - something from which the four islands have ... earned it the nickname "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean" - a nod to Ecuador's ...

Galapagos cruises are the best way to experience the collection of remote, mostly uninhabited islands about 600 miles ...