We'll forge ahead with the Galapagos National Park Directorate and partners to help ensure that such newly discovered habitats are folded into the GMR and Hermandad Marine Reserve planning process ...

But of course, these creatures don’t pay attention to the lines humans draw on maps. This area is part of an underwater superhighway that species use to migrate through the Galápagos region. And ...

Ocean explorers have discovered two pristine, deep-sea coral reefs near the Galápagos Islands and put two uncharted seamounts off the coast of Ecuador on the map. The larger of the two cold-water ...

I estimate there are approximately 800 guides currently in the Galápagos. Mongabay: Galápagos Marine Reserve and the national park that protects 97% of the islands’ land support sustainable ...

A scientific expedition has discovered a previously unknown coral reef with abundant marine life off Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. It’s the first discovery of its kind since the protected ...

These include the 2022 expansion of the Galápagos Marine Reserve by 23,000 square miles ... Fish swim at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago on March 8, 2024.

Snorkel with sea lions, turtles and abundant fish in the protected waters of the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Observe giant Galápagos tortoises in the wild on an adventure in the highlands of Santa Cruz.

This year, in January it created the 23,000sq mile Hermandad Marine Reserve. “The Galápagos Islands are one of the best-kept national parks in the world,” says Roque Sevilla. As chairman of ...

Much of the funding will focus on managing the newly established Hermandad Marine Reserve, the existing Galápagos ... schooling fish in the waters of the Galapagos Islands. Image by Greg Asner ...

Since its approval in March 1998, the Galapagos Special Law which established the Galapagos Marine Reserve has faced continued attacks, primarily from the industrial fishing sector based in mainland ...