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News Ecuador » Galapagos: The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/galapagos-islands-many-unique-creatures-052115092.html
Published on: Sunday 28 July 2024

A whale shark swims through the waters off of Wolf Island, Ecuador, next to Enrique "Quike" Moran, a local naturalist from Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos on Sunday, June 9, 2024. (AP ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos island

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ecuador-reintroduce-species-galapagos-island.html
Published on: Sunday 10 September 2023

Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the Galapagos archipelago where Charles Darwin ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: A Warming Planet Jolts the Iconic Creatures of the Galápagos

News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/galapagos-climate-change-impacts-iconic-creatures
Published on: Wednesday 24 May 2017

Jon Witman checks his air gauge, adjusts his flippers, and falls backward into the Pacific. Nearby, the ocean throws itself against Isla Beagle, one of a hundred-plus rocks, pinnacles, and islands ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Off Ecuador's Galapagos, a former shark-poaching ship's new mission

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ecuador-galapagos-shark-poaching-ship.html
Published on: Monday 22 July 2024

When Ecuador's navy seized a Chinese-flagged ship off the Galapagos Islands in 2017, its hold brimmed with tons and tons of poached fish, many of them threatened species like hammerhead and thresher ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Authorities in Ecuador seize 32 marine iguanas at the airport and arrest a Russian woman

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/ecuador-smuggled-iguanas-russia-galapagos-c36542
Published on: Saturday 29 August 2026

Authorities in Ecuador say they have arrested a Russian woman accused of trying to smuggle at least 32 marine iguanas from the Galapagos Islands out of the South American country.

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Ecuador And Galápagos: How To Tour One Of The World’s Most Biodiverse Countries

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadden/2025/05/13/ecuador-and-galpagos-how-to-tour-the-worlds-most-biodiverse-country/
Published on: Monday 12 May 2025

With unmatched wildlife, historic cities and one of the great bucket list destinations on its itinerary, Ecuador is a dream vacation. Here’s where to go, what to see and how to do it hassle free.

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Outcry as Ecuador allows US military to use Galapagos airstrip

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ecuador-galapagos-us-military-scli-intl
Published on: Tuesday 18 June 2019

A plan by Ecuador to allow the US military to use an airstrip on the Galapagos island of San Cristobal has drawn an outcry from politicians and activists in the South American country. Critics say the ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Tourists Get An Unexpected And Cheeky Visitor On Beach

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/tourists-get-an-unexpected-and-cheeky-visitor-on-beach/vi-AA2bNw3y
Published on: Tuesday 08 September 2026

A tourist gave up her spot on the beach after a seal emerged from the water and made its way directly toward her towel in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The video, shared by Nicolás Chedemail, shows ...

News Ecuador » Galapagos: Ecuador eyes new Galapagos marine reserve to limit commercial fishing

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/ecuador-eyes-new-galapagos-marine-reserve-limit-commercial-fishing-2021-09-07/
Published on: Monday 06 September 2021

QUITO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Ecuador's government is considering creating a new marine reserve near the Galapagos Islands to protect migratory species of turtles, whales and sharks threatened by ...