What do volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tropical storms have in common? More than it seems—especially when they occur on ...

After the 1982-1983 El Niño warming event, the coral endemic to the Galápagos Islands experienced sharp population declines ...

The giant tortoise can weigh over 500 pounds. Marci Vaughn Kolt Many of the birds, reptiles, and mammals found on the Galápagos Islands are endemic, meaning they can't be found anywhere else in ...

The UN’s COP26 summit in Glasgow saw Ecuador’s president Guillermo Lasso further safeguard the Galapagos Marine Reserve by creating a 76,448 sq mile corridor where species endangered by ...

The team found 94,052 species are native to islands. Of these, 63,280 are endemic -found nowhere else in the world -- representing 21 per cent of global plant diversity.

The Galapagos Islands, an archipelago located hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Ecuador, are known for their large number of diverse and unusual endemic species, including finches and ...

Marine iguanas — one of many species that are endemic, or unique, to the Galapagos — have a harder time finding the red and green algae they prefer. Sea turtles struggle to nest in warmer ...