Some species of male birds dance to impress their mates, such as the complicated dance routine of the little red-capped manakin or the flashy display of the male peacock. In other species, the males ...

Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world's waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists. The research shows the waved albatrosses are ...

Phillip Nails was holidaying in the Galapagos Islands in June 2012 to celebrate his parents' 25th anniversary, when he came across an astounding sight. Amid fields of Galapagos Albatrosses, two ...

Watching the waved albatross taking flight off Española Island in the Galapagos Archipelago was enthralling. The bird with the robust barrel-chested body lumbered on oversize webbed feet across an ...

“Please avoid stepping on the marine iguanas,” Ivan, my naturalist guide for the afternoon, quietly whispered to me. I was so busy taking photographs of a family of blue-footed boobies – the mother ...

Following the first case of Avian Influenza in the Galápagos, the Rapid Response Facility (RRF), a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Fauna and Flora joint initiative has provided US$ 40,000 to support ...

And you thought human beings had odd mating rituals. A 2012 video that's going viral shows the amazing courtship dance between two Galapagos albatrosses. The dance is truly a sight to behold. Two ...