Topic: Galapagos Islands

Difference Maker People making a difference: Emily Pozo

Living in the Galápagos, famous for exotic wildlife, this educator turns her attention to the needs of its people.

Laid off? Don't pitch your business card.

Mining the ocean floor

It’s not yet a gold rush to the ocean floor, but seabed prospecting is raising concerns.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about restoring ecosystems and going to the movies in Africa.

Saving the Galapagos means rebuilding nature

Conservation in Darwin's lab isn't about preservation – it's now an epic experiment in restoration.

The Monitor's View: Human-created 'wilderness' in the Galápagos

We must simply try to better manage what's left rather than project a myth of lost purity onto a fallen landscape.

Rebuilding nature: a preview of the next Monitor weekly

Are we loving the Galápagos Islands to death?

Galápagos Islands: Is there room for humans in 'nature's laboratory'?

As Ecuador enforces tighter migration limits on the islands, tension grows over how to balance human development with ecological conservation.

Papers in order?

Difference Maker An independent bookseller stars in her own fairy tale

Nancy Traversy took on the big chain-store dragons to rule her own realm – Barefoot Books for children.

Volunteer vacations devoted to animals

Americans give their spare time to help creatures great and small.

For kids: The strangest worm you'll never see

The giant tube worm has no eyes, mouth, or stomach.

How air imperils the sea

Rising levels of carbon dioxide make oceans more acidic, putting shellfish, corals, and more at risk.

Iceland’s new island is an exclusive club – for scientists only

A UN World Heritage site that no tourist will ever set foot on, Iceland’s Surtsey is a fresh geologic creation reserved for research.

Ecuador constitution would grant inalienable rights to nature

Ecuador's proposed constitution includes an article that grants nature the right to 'exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.'

A rainbow of Galapagos wildlife

The islands were alive with vividly colored crabs, birds, and iguanas.

A guide to more mindful vacations

A list of travel destinations in peril – and how we can help.

The man behind the Phillie Phanatic

Tom Burgoyne makes green fur a marketing coup as pro sports' top mascot.