Ecuador created a new marine reserve around its pristine Galapagos Islands, whose rich biodiversity inspired Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution, as it seeks to expand protections for endangered ...

This place is as remote as you can get. Indeed, the isolated location is the reason behind its unique flora and fauna, much ...

Ecuador’s defense minister on Monday defended his country’s decision to allow U.S. anti-drug overflights to land in the environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands, saying the planes will use ...

Ecuador has launched a debt-for-nature deal that will wipe out some $1 billion in interest payments in exchange for boosting its protection of the waters around the Galápagos Islands.

The Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago and UNESCO site, famously influenced Darwin's theory of evolution. Discovered ...

The Galapagos Islands, which are an Ecuadorian province, form an archipelago 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador and consist of 13 major islands, six minor islands, and approximately 40 smaller ...

Ecuador's popular destinations, such as the Amazon, the Andes and the Galapagos Islands, are open for tourism despite April 16's deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks, the ...

Ecuador's navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten marine wildlife in the archipelago's waters, following ...

A large fleet of some 260 Chinese fishing vessels has been spotted in the waters surrounding the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, the country’s navy officials said last week. The ...