"This is a beautiful surprise." Experts in shock after rediscovering rare species nearly 200 years after it went missing: 'Was thought to have been driven to extinction' first appeared on The Cool ...

Jonny Beardmore has been travelling the world hand-delivering letters left in an ancient postbox in the Galapagos Islands — ...

The new National Geographic Gemini is entering service for Lindblad-National Geographic Expeditions in the Galapagos.

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers ...

The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

The Galápagos Rail has returned after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven out the bird ...

I’m standing on Floreana Island in the Galápagos next to a ramshackle box with a peekaboo-door that resembles a cuckoo clock.

"Life here is gruesome, frustrating. Failure is inevitable." Don't go to the Galapagos and expect luxury! A German ...

A bird seen by Charles Darwin on his visit to Floreana island in 1835 has been observed in the wild there for the first time ...

The Galápagos rail (Laterallus spilonota), a small, elusive bird once believed extinct on Floreana Island, has been spotted ...

“The Galápagos rail, a secretive bird thought to be extinct on Floreana, has been found on the island for the first time ...

The year was 1835, and during his groundbreaking five-week visit, Darwin recorded the presence of a small bird on the island of Floreana. It was described and named the Galápagos rail.