Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

Sometimes, the best kind of escape isn’t a luxury resort or a famous beach; it’s a quiet, untouched speck of land where time ...

(The Galapagos penguin, one of the world's rarest ... The coastlines are sculpted by explosive volcanic eruptions and erosion, providing cracks and lava tunnels where penguins can avoid overheating.

On the "Aqua Mare" in the Galápagos, close encounters with the resident wildlife come with standard-setting luxury.

Often called California’s Galapagos, the immersed cliffsides and caves of the Channel Islands are home to thousands of species that thrive on the rugged, pristine and isolated federal parklands and ...

You’ll find cruises in just about every corner of the world. Because it’s so easy for families to board a ship, unpack only once, and see multiple destinations in one trip, many opt to travel by sea.

When Attenborough’s broadcasting career began in the 1950s, Austrian filmmakers Hans and Lotte Hass were already pushing the ...

Nestled in the eastern Pacific Ocean some 1,000km off the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are as otherworldly and remote as you can get. Indeed, the isolated location is the main reason behind ...

The wonders of the world often seem like they belong to a fantasy, with landscapes so breathtaking they appear almost unreal. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to the sprawling Great Wall of China, ...

Danielle Brown, a teacher at Andrew Lewis Middle School, has been selected as a 2025 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow.

The deep seafloor remains a mystery—only 0.001% has been seen. We live on an ocean world. Yet we know surprisingly little ...