Galapagos marine iguanas are ectotherms that have to manage their surrounding environment to control their body temperature.

My Galapagos family didn't speak English and I didn't speak Spanish but we talked a lot anyway.

Two of my colleagues sing their way through life.

One day I went looking for ceviche and a cold beer, and I found them.

At many of the the buildings on San Cristobal it appears the construction crews took a very long lunch.

We had a machete and took off into the forest.

Darwin didn't say anything about the roosters.

Bright red crabs gather at a crevasse in the rock to witness the fountain of water that spews skyward every time a wave approaches.

The water began to boil off the starboard side of the boat, churning and splashing amid the smooth ocean swells. Dorsal fins popped up in alternating pairs and small fish jumped haphazardly out of the water as if it was too hot for them. Soon, a flock of petrels and shearwaters began diving on the roiling patch. Then, a large dolphin launched itself steeply into the air. It ...

Hundreds of thousands of tortoises once roamed the highlands.