ISABELA, Ecuador — Charles Darwin described it as the most desolate of the Galápagos Islands, an almost extraterrestrial outpost crawling with giant tortoises and marine iguanas found nowhere ...

Ecuador announced a record-setting deal ... Image Sea turtles and sea lions on the beaches of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands.Credit...Josh Haner/The New York Times How It Works: It ...

Ecuador has launched an investigation ... Remains of the reptiles were found in a national park on Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos archipelago. Killing the endangered animals has ...

Half-day tours that combine bird-watching with snorkeling are also available from Santa Cruz and Isabela via companies like Grupo Galápagos, Nature Galapagos & Ecuador and Andando Tours.

And it’s not just Ecuador and the Galapagos they ... the Los Gremelos volcanic formations in the Galapagos Giant Tortoise ...

to San Cristóbal Island or Isabela Island. You can fly to the Galápagos from Guayaquil's José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE), located in mainland Ecuador. If you would prefer to ...

Located 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador ... and Isabela Islands, raise endangered giant tortoises in breeding centers to eventually be released into the wild. IGTOA, the International Galapagos ...

the waters off the Galápagos Islands glisten with postcard beauty. But this stretch of the Pacific has become a critical corridor in the cocaine trade — and a battleground in Ecuador’s fight ...

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

Ecuador Fly Fishing Tours will procure flights from Quito ... We will be hosted each night by our guide, Javier Guevara, while in the Galápagos to experience the culture and cuisine. The boats will be ...