Four larger islands – Santa Cruz, Isabela, San Cristóbal and Floreana – boast towns with shops, restaurants and hotels, making them great jumping-off points for day trips to sights like ...

A shipwrecked Irishman, Patrick Watkins, washed up on the shore of this southern island in the late 1700s and became the Galapagos' first human resident. And that's just the beginning of the colo ...

The same was true for the Galápagos rail, a shy bird species seen on Floreana Island by Charles Darwin in 1835 and then never again – that is, until now. The Galápagos Rail (Laterallus ...

The Galapagos rail (Laterallus spilonota), a bird known for its elusive behavior, was observed again on Floreana Island for ...

On the island of Floreana in the Galápagos Islands, 13 species have already become extinct locally. A Floreana mockingbird. Important actions are being taken by environmental charities to look ...

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in ... Banner image of a Galapagos rail courtesy of Island Conservation.