The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.

"This is a beautiful surprise." Experts in shock after rediscovering rare species nearly 200 years after it went missing: ...

By Bobby Bascomb The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since ...

His Origin of Species would inform “almost every component in modern man’s belief system,” wrote evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr. As isolated as they may seem, the Galápagos aren’t ...

Celebrity Cruises’ award-winning Galapagos expeditions on Celebrity Flora are now available for booking in 2027. Each 7-night ...

Darwin upturned the prevailing view of life by pointing out–with an uncommon amount of evidence, logic, and persistence—that individuals within the same species vary from one another, that some of ...

The Galápagos Rail ( Laterallus spilonota) is a ground-dwelling species that is extremely vulnerable to predators. The ...

Discover eight incredible species that were rediscovered after decades of being thought extinct. Learn how conservation ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

A bird seen by Charles Darwin on his visit to Floreana island in 1835 has been observed in the wild there for the first time ...

Celebrity Cruises’ Galápagos expeditions aboard the Celebrity Flora are now open for 2027 bookings. Guests can choose from ...