In 2015, the Galapagos authorities announced the discovery of a new species of tortoise that they called Chelonoidis donfaustoi, named after Fausto Llerena, the park ranger who for 40 years looked ...

Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is probably the most qualified naturalist guide a person could hire during their visit to Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Born into a fishing ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The New Year is all about self-improvement, and the Fort Worth Zoo's 2,600-pound iguana wants in on the action. Iggy, a giant iguana that has sat perched on the Zoo's animal ...

This work includes bringing back locally extinct animals such as the pink iguana, the Floreana giant tortoise and the Floreana mockingbird. People are only allowed to live in small areas of the ...

There will be many opportunities to snorkel and dive, and catch a glimpse of creatures like giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies and marine iguanas. Four larger islands – Santa Cruz, Isabela ...

Joyce Varley, for the RSPB, says: "Brian has been travelling the world for over 35 years and this presentation – based upon his 2021 trip to the Galapagos Islands – will show the islands' unique ...