“We’re measuring him for a suit,” she joked. (The Galapagos penguin, one of the world's rarest, sees a glimmer of hope.) Fifty-four years ago, when I started this, I thought Galapagos ...

The Peril of Microplastics Microplastics are tiny pollutants ranging from 1 micron to less than 5 millimeters. They are now ...

The Galápagos Islands are a protected area because of their unique wildlife, including marine iguanas, tortoises, green turtles, sea cucumbers, flightless cormorants, and the Galápagos penguin ...

These birds live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere, including species like the Adelie penguin along Antarctica’s coastlines. The Galapagos penguin is the only one found north of the equator.

The Galapagos Penguin population tenuously hangs onto the islands that so enthralled Charles Darwin during his visit in 1835. The penguins once numbered around 2,000 individuals, but in the early ...