Green sea turtles inhabit many areas across the Galápagos Islands, but some of the top spots to encounter them include the ...

The green sea turtle, for example, has been around for 100 million years and plays an important part in maintaining our oceans. That’s just one reason to celebrate turtles this World Turtle Day.

If you visit between January and February, you may even catch sight of the green turtles laying their eggs (hatchlings emerge and make their way to the sea between January to May).

Sea turtle and reef fish off Darwin Island. Photograph by Getty Images “It’s a critical step in protecting some 3,000 marine Galápagos species, of which 20% are endemic.” ...

Of the seven species of sea turtles, only green turtles emerge from the water to bask. The phenomenon has been documented in just four places: the Galapagos, Socorro Island, Australia’s ...

Sting rays, sea turtles and sharks are the next stop. Bobbi, a 7-year-old green sea turtle, is the current star of "One Ocean," a 290,000-gallon aquarium. "She was deemed unreleasable due to a ...

Fish swim at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago on March 8, 2024. (Ernesto Benavides/Getty-AFP) Sea lions rest under the sun at the Galapagos Islands. (xeni4ka/Getty) ...

Marine iguanas — one of many species that are endemic, or unique, to the Galapagos — have a harder time finding the red and green algae they prefer. Sea turtles struggle to nest in warmer ...

Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.

The best things to do in the Galapagos Islands are centered around wildlife, with unique opportunities to see giant tortoises, blue-footed boobies and more up close.