Galapagos Islands, Ecuador News

Dr. Guillermo Paz-y-Mino-C. is a biology faculty member at UMass Dartmouth. He lives in Cumberland, R.I. I just represented UMass Dartmouth at the World Evolution Summit, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Scientists will try to revive two species of giant Galapagos tortoises thought to have been extinct by breeding genetic relatives in captivity, experts leading the effort said.

Ecuadorian authorities arrested seven foreigners after finding a total of 1,313 processed sea cucumbers inside their luggage, the Galapagos National Park Service said Friday.

Tom Hanks was a Castaway. We have all heard the story of Robinson Crusoe. We see cartoons about the joy of being marooned on a desert island.

The body of the giant tortoise known as "Lonesome George," which died a year ago, is being embalmed in the United States, a process after which it will be returned to Ecuador to be exhibited in the Galapagos archipelago.

There are about 30,000 people who live on the Galapagos Islands. Most of those live on Santa Cruz and the majority of those residents live in Puerto Ayora.

ORGANISERS of the Oyster World Rally say this year's event would be one of the best in its 40-year history.

Guy Harvey conservationist and explorer, Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts are independently owned and operated hotels and lodges in remote destinations to inspire travel to unique destinations, promote sustainability, and to get gets involved in conservation and activities for memories to last a lifetime.

TWO enterprising students at Wisbech Grammar School have made a sizzling start to a bid to fund a trip-of-a-lifetime to Ecuador and the Galapagos.

Puerto Baquerizo Moreno , June 5 : People need to talk about excessive use of antibiotics without getting emotional or mixing politics into the discussion, Ada Yonath, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said.

Note: Larger version HERE in case you want to know where the Galapagos Islands used to be.

The Galapagos Islands have strict environmental regulations. When the park officials found that Celebrity Xpedition was transporting lobsters out of season, they temporarily revoked the company's permit to sail through the islands.

An attraction in Central Illinois could be the next unofficial 8th Wonder of the World.

International Expeditions Offers Complimentary International & In-Country Airfare on August & September Galapagos Islands Cruises Guests can take advantage of International Expeditions' daily water swimming and snorkeling opportunities to spot golden rays, white-tipped reef sharks and green sea turtles in the cool Pacific waters.In addition to ... (more)

The Acropolis is one. So is the Grand Canyon. So are the two half-mile-high volcanic peaks on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

The strict environmental regulations of the Galapagos Islands make it one of the most protected places in the world.

More than a dozen scientists from the Americas and Europe gathered on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands to discuss evolution in the place that inspired 19th-century British naturalist Charles Darwin to develop his theory of the evolution of species.

Dragons and Shorebirds and pearls - Here I come! I looked at the pictures of a happy couple's recent vacation to Scotland and was envious of their picturesque journey.

Whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul," declares Melville's Ishmael in the opening paragraph of "Moby-Dick," "I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can." Gavin Weald, the 46-year-old protagonist of Monique Roffey's "Archipelago" - a novel that openly grapples with Melville's great whale of a book - knows what Ishmael means.

The Desert Speaks begins its journey to the Galapagos Islands with a visit to Ecuador, which is to the islands as the United States is to Hawaii.