The Galápagos are an archipelago, or group of islands, off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite close together and they have similar landscapes, plants and animals.

Lunch, snacks and drinks are served on board. We suggest bringing your snorkeling gear with you. Located 600 miles off the Ecuadorian coastline of South America, the Galápagos Islands are the gems of ...

The Galápagos islands are also the product of geologic change. A hotspot deep below the Pacific Ocean fuels the creation of new Galápagos islands, while the oldest islands, succumbing to the forces of ...

Its startling biodiversity has earned it the nickname "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean" - a nod to Ecuador's famous Pacific island chain whose ecosystem is so unique it inspired Charles Darwin's ...

By 2014, the cold water pocket extended across the entire western coasts of the islands. A shift in trade winds and underwater ocean currents likely caused the Galapagos cold pool expansion ...

Jon Witman checks his air gauge, adjusts his flippers, and falls backward into the Pacific. Nearby, the ocean throws ... of 13 major islands that live as much in myth as on the map—a finch ...