Charles Darwin spent only five weeks on the Galápagos Islands, and at first, British biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant didn’t plan to stay very long either – a few years at most. They landed in 1973 ...

Local researcher Jaime Chaves catches Darwin's finches to study beak size changes. Early morning on the Galápagos Islands and Jaime Chaves is catching Darwin’s finches, endemic to these islands, in ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the islands ...

For the first time scientists have observed in real-time evolutionary changes in one species driven by competition for resources from another. In a mere two decades, one of Charles Darwin's finch ...

It has been 186 years since Charles Darwin collected the samples of the Galapagos Islands species that led to his explanation of how the diversity of life on Earth has evolved and forever changed the ...

A critically-endangered bird is making a comeback on the Galapagos Islands. Experts from the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park Directorate who formed part of The Mangrove Finch ...

The Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago and UNESCO site, famously influenced Darwin's theory of evolution. Discovered in 1535, the islands teem with unique wildlife. Visitors can encounter giant ...

Spending time with offspring is beneficial to development, but it's proving lifesaving to Galápagos Islands Darwin's finches. A new study has found evidence Darwin's finch females that spend longer ...

Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Islands are once again providing insights into the theory of evolution, with two studies investigating their dealings with the parasitic avian vampire fly (Philornis ...

The Galápagos Islands have long symbolised evolutionary ingenuity, typified by Darwin’s finches. However, the recent incursion of avian parasites, most notably the invasive fly Philornis downsi, has ...