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Microeledone galapagensis octopus. From Voight et al (2026)

New golf-ball sized blue octopus species now identified in the Galapagos

David Brown 5 Jun 2026

How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Daniel Shailer 28 May 2026

Three Thai nationals suspected of smuggling Galápagos iguanas arrested in Ecuador

Spoorthy Raman 21 May 2026

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Sean Mowbray 30 Apr 2026
Azurina eupalama, last documented evidence of its existence, photographed in 1983 by Jack Stein Grove at Sullivan Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos Archipelago

Is the Galápagos damselfish extinct?

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Apr 2026
Giant Tortoise

Return of the giant tortoises

Sam Lee 2 Apr 2026

Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island 180 years after relatives went extinct

Bobby Bascomb 20 Feb 2026
Loggerhead turtle swimming around fish aggregation device (FAD) belonging to the Ecuadorean purse seiner 'Ingalapagos', which was documented by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands.

Abandoned tuna-fishing devices pollute the Galápagos Marine Reserve

Marlowe Starling 9 Feb 2026
A pair of Galápagos yellow warblers. The increasing human population and the number of vehicles are impacting these birds and their behaviour. Image by Çaglar Akçay.

Noisy traffic is making Galápagos’ yellow warblers angry

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2025

Countries overwhelmingly support bid to bar Galápagos iguanas from international trade

Spoorthy Raman 3 Dec 2025
Screenshot of Gramma. Courtesy of the San Diego Zoo.

The long life of a Galápagos tortoise

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2025
A Galápagos pink land iguana. Image courtesy of Jorge Carrión/Galápagos Conservancy.

How to smuggle a wild Galápagos iguana? Pretend it was bred in Africa

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2025

How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island

Liz Kimbrough 8 Aug 2025
Purple and gray Wellington’s solitary corals. Image courtesy of Inti Keith/Charles Darwin Foundation.

Coral once feared extinct rediscovered in the Galápagos after 25 years

Shanna Hanbury 11 Jul 2025

Study finds fast traffic noise is infuriating Galápagos warblers

Spoorthy Raman 20 May 2025
Galápagos yellow warbler. Image courtesy of Alper Yelimlies.

Traffic noise turns Galápagos warblers into angry birds

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2025

A bird last seen by Darwin 190 years ago reappears on a Galápagos island

Bobby Bascomb 11 Mar 2025
A yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). Experts debate the impact of marine protected areas (MPAs) on tuna populations. Image by Ellen Cuylaerts / Ocean Image Bank.

Study finds signs of tuna abundance outside marine protected areas

Edward Carver 3 Mar 2025
Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is a top naturalist guide in the Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Image by Erik Hoffner for Mongabay.

As Gálapagos ecotourism booms, top naturalist guide urges sustainability

Erik Hoffner 22 Jan 2025

Droughts could change bird songs, creating new species, says study on Darwin’s finches

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2024
Petrel chick in the Galapagos. Photo credit: James Muchmore

How a group in Ecuador protects 10% of the world’s bird species

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2023
An area of biodiversity (including corals, crustaceans, urchins, anemones, and more) on Cacho De Coral, a newly discovered pristine coral reef.

Galápagos waters yield massive deepwater corals in latest biodiversity find

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Nov 2023

Ecuador to boost protection of Galápagos in biggest debt-for-nature deal ever

Mongabay.com 11 May 2023
Rhinoceros iguana

Stamping out invasive species has successful track record on islands, study finds

John Cannon 7 Sep 2022
Hornbills — the so-called “farmers of the forest” in Africa and Asia — move more than 700 plant species up to 11 km (7 mi) in a day.

As animal seed dispersers go the way of the dodo, forest plants are at risk

Sharon Guynup 28 Apr 2022
A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)

President Guillermo Lasso 13 Jan 2022

New protections announced for Galápagos Islands and beyond at COP26

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Nov 2021
Paula with Floreana racer. Photo credit: Luis Ortiz Catedral

DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galápagos Islands

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 May 2021

Activists make the case that bigger is better to protect Galápagos reserve

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Jan 2021
School of hammerhead sharks, northwest Galápagos. Photo by Greg Asner / DivePhoto.org

Could China become a partner in Galapagos marine conservation? Yolanda Kakabadse thinks so

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2020

New evidence suggests China’s ‘dark’ vessels poached in Galápagos waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2020

Past illegal activity dogs Chinese fleet that fished squid near Galapagos

Michelle Carrere 23 Sep 2020

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