The Galápagos Islands are famous worldwide for their one-of-a-kind plants and animals. If you’re lucky enough to explore the ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and ...

TheTravel was invited to the Galapagos Islands with Lindblad Expeditions, an area home to some of the most unique animals in ...

“I enjoy them because they come across as very amiable and easygoing,” says Amy MacLeod, a conservation biologist at Leipzig University, who studies marine iguana populations. “They are ...

Denisse Dalgo, a PhD candidate researching the evolutionary biology of marine iguanas at the University of Leipzig, was not involved in the research but said the findings are “truly remarkable ...

In 1970, during his second Galápagos trip, Sulloway came across another hawk, one that was trying to capture a marine iguana almost as large as the bird itself. For more than three hours ...

On Española Island I nearly trampled a tangle of marine iguanas, which have scabby red and green skin, like oversized Christmas sweaters. Minutes later, an albatross as large as a kite nearly ...

Here is a list of eight of the world's rarest animals. This critically endangered porpoise, found only in the Gulf of California, has fewer than 30 individuals remaining, making it the rarest marine ...

If you’re lucky enough to explore the islands yourself, be sure to keep an eye out for marine iguanas. As seen in this YouTube video, these extraordinary underwater Godzillas are like nothing ...