It’s one of the most remote places on Earth, host to unique and abundant wildlife and perhaps offers the best big-game ...

Despite being icons of the world-famous Galapagos Archipelago and the target of more than 50 years of conservation research and management, Galapagos giant tortoise evolution and much of their ecology ...

Famed for playing a pivotal role in inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, this ethereal destination plays home to ...

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

On this Father’s Day, June 15, Zoo Miami’s oldest animal celebrated his 135th birthday. His name is “Goliath,” and he is a Galapagos tortoise that weighs 517 pounds. Up until the prior week, he had ...

Scientists say wild tomato plants on the archipelago's western islands are experiencing "reverse evolution" and reverting ...

Wild tomatoes from the Galápagos Islands are reversing evolution and regaining an ancient chemical defense after millions of ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida zoo's oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father's Day on Sunday. Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became ...

Evolution Running Backwards? That's What This Unlikely Organism Appears To Be Doing Some species have been known to circle back to lost traits, but it's rare and not usually though the same ...

Turtles very rarely get cancer according to a new study that could offer valuable clues for preventing or fighting cancer in humans.

After 24 years, scientists discovered thriving colonies of Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, a black stony coral species thought extinct near Galapagos Tagus Cove.

Scientists discovered that the fruit is getting more toxic thanks to the return of an ancient defense mechanism.