This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.

The Natural History Museum's Spirit Collection Tour takes guests behind the scenes for an up-close look at their collection.

Back in the late 1800s, groups of whalers, settlers, and pirates completely shifted the balance of the Galapagos Islands by ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Cruise editor Marc Shoffman selects some of the best sailings to enjoy natural and man-made wonders in your lifetime ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed Charles Darwin's original specimens from his HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the ...

While on Galapagos, Darwin noticed that the giant tortoises, mockingbirds, and finches he studied differed in unique ways from the species that inhabited neighboring islands. It’s been almost 200 ...

Discover the world’s oldest turtles, from Jonathan to Alagba, whose lifespans span centuries. Learn the science behind their ...

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves. By Elie Dolgin For most mammals, growing up means giving up their mother’s milk ...

The limited range of marine protected areas (MPAs) offers reduced protection to vulnerable species such as the highly mobile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Because the survival of these ...

Primarily used to procure and eat food, bills are also used to probe mud, peck wood, tear flesh, sift water, pry seeds, build ...