The following is a recount of the fall 2024 3-week study abroad trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands by student Lorna ...

Only four islands in the archipelago are inhabited. The Government of Ecuador takes care of Galapagos as it is the scene of the Darwin Arch, and fundamental to world natural history.

Things to do on the Galápagos Islands include spending time with local wildlife and hiking to the rim of one of the world's ...

In 2021, another iconic rock formation, Darwin’s Arch, off the coast of the Galápagos Islands, suddenly tumbled to the sea. So much for the survival of the fittest. There is a message here we ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different ... In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might really ...

Nearby, the ocean throws itself against Isla Beagle, one of a hundred-plus rocks, pinnacles, and islands that ... An iconic arch stands just southeast of Isla Darwin. The surrounding seas hold ...

During his famed voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin noted about the Galápagos Islands that “by far the most remarkable feature in the natural history of this archipelago…is that the different ...

On his visit to the islands in 1835, Charles Darwin noticed the slight differences between the same types of animal on each island. This helped him work out how they had adapted to their ...

Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. In clear, deep blue water, thousands of creatures — fish, ...

Galapagos penguins and Darwin's finches), not to mention other unique species like waved albatrosses and blue- and red-footed boobies. You'll find birds on all of the Galápagos' islands ...