The Government of Ecuador recently announced that ticket prices for air transport in Ecuador will increase on January 1, 2012 because it is eliminating its 40% subsidy for local aviation

A species of giant Galapagos tortoise thought to have been extinct since the mid-19th century may still be alive and well in the Galapagos, according to a paper published by

Two non-profit organizations in the Galapagos Islands learned this month that they will get a financial boost from the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA). The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and WildAid will receive a combined

Reptile Magazine reported this week that land and marine iguanas —as well as giant tortoises — living next to tourist sites or human settlements on the Galápagos Islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Curiosity can lead to wondrous things, as every scientist knows. And it certainly did recently for Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang at the British Geological Survey. Poking around in a dusty corner in

Those of us who travel often find out that there is no better way to prove yourself, to test your most fondly held beliefs, and to discover which issues mean

On November 16, 1972, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the World Heritage Convention. It was an historic milestone: The treaty was a giant step forward in

Lonesome George, perhaps the Galapagos Islands’ most famous resident and a truly one-of-a-kind guy, is looking for love, according to www.lovegeorge.org, a website created by Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT). Visit the site and

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) have described a newly discovered species of catshark, named Bythaelurus giddingsi, in the March 5 issue of the journal_ Zootaxa. The shark is roughly a foot

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), a non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization active in the Galapagos Islands, announced earlier this week that Ecuador’s national judicial authority’s decision to create a provincial court