Galapagos Islands

• Leonardo DiCaprio, along with other partners, makes $43M pledge to ‘rewild’ Galapagos Islands

  Leonardo DiCaprio and his partners plan to enact a broad conservation initiative and reintroduce 13 locally extinct species to the islands.

  Entertainment

  May 18, 2021
  
• Diego the tortoise’s sex drive saved his species. Now, he’s retired to his natural habitat

  The tortoise is thought to have fathered about 40 per cent of his species' entire population.

  Trending

  Jun 16, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Kingston couple in Spain may be airlifted home, another Kingstonian trapped in Ecuador

  "I wish people would get on it and save us,” said Tanya Dooley. "We are Canadians just like you guys.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2020
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• Lonesome George’s tortoise relative discovered in Galapagos

  Lonesome George, thought to be the last individual of his species, was known as the rarest creature in the world during his final years.

  Environment

  Feb 3, 2020
• Diego the sex-crazed tortoise retires after saving his species

  Diego the giant tortoise is retiring to the Galapagos after heroically repopulating the world with his offspring for 30 years.

  Trending

  Jan 13, 2020
• Australia wildfires threaten endangered creatures on Kangaroo Island

  Kangaroo Island has been described as Australia’s Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country’s most endangered creatures.

  Environment

  Jan 5, 2020
• Boat carrying 600 gallons of diesel capsizes off Galapagos Islands

  The islands are home to a "melting pot" of marine species, with everything from giant tortoises to sea lions to mockingbirds and finches. 

  World

  Dec 23, 2019
• Ship full of hammerhead sharks and endangered fish seized in the Galapagos

  Ecuador said on Monday it had seized a Chinese-flagged vessel transporting threatened and endangered species near the Galapagos Islands.

  World

  Aug 15, 2017
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• Statue of Liberty, Easter Island among World Heritage sites threatened by climate change: UNESCO

  From Old Town Lunenburg on the southern coast of Nova Scotia to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, dozens of World Heritage Sites are now at risk of being destroyed due to climate change, according to a United Nations report.

  Environment

  May 27, 2016