There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

biologists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified a key connection between ecology and speciation in Darwin's finches, famous residents of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

The study showed that populations don’t lose their “evolvability,” even if conditions remain the same for many generations.

The vampire bat might be nature’s purest super-villain. But it’s not the only flyer known to subsist off of the blood of its ...

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 ...

Join an energetic sea lion in "Sea Lions of the Galapagos," narrated by Brendan Fraser. The Disneynature film streams April ...

Finch Bay Galapagos Hotel is one of the few overnight accommodations in the Galápagos Islands, the famed archipelago off the coast of mainland Ecuador. It’s also the only beachfront hotel on Santa ...

Here, the Galapagos’ giant tortoises lazily graze on the land – and there’s a lava tunnel to explore, too. The design of Finch Bay brings the outside in – nature and wildlife are the main ...

It is unlikely you'll visit just one island while vacationing on the Galápagos Islands. Each of the ... the flightless cormorant and the mangrove finch) reside, and 16 kinds of whales, including ...

Finch Bay Hotel sits in a tucked-away bay near to the main harbour of Puerto Ayora in Santa Cruz. Reachable by the hotel’s water taxi, it’s the only beach-front hotel on the island and offers a ...