A waved albatross, rarely seen outside the Galapagos, was spotted near San Diego. This extraordinary sighting left Dr. Tammy ...

National Geographic joined a 50-day voyage to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent.

It's not what they intended to do or expected to find. They're not even all that interested in birds. When Andre Naranjo and his colleagues began work on a new study published in the Botanical Journal ...

The endangered yellow-eyed penguin makes its way down “Penguin Alley” towards the beach on the Auckland Islands of New ...

California wildlife officials have approved a plan to eradicate Catalina Island’s entire deer population as part of a broader ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy, which owns and manages 88% of the island, says getting rid of the deer is necessary to bring back the island’s unique plants.

Just 10 miles off the northern tip of mainland Scotland, Orkney is an archipelago of 70 islands, rich in Neolithic relics and nature reserves. The area draws birders and historians from around the ...

In Sri Lanka, agamid lizard species are growing increasingly vulnerable due to three main factors: shrinking habitats, climate change and being traded as exotic pets. The Indian Ocean island is home ...

It’s a phenomenon that was called the Homogenocene even before a similar term growing in popularity, the Anthropocene, was ...

Born in the 1880s, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise lived through world wars and pandemics while becoming a symbol of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea lion resting on the beach in the Galapagos - FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock Wrought in a fire of molten lava, isolated out amidst the ...