A freak accident in the Galapagos Islands cost Bob Rothman his wedding ring. A strong current dragged the RIT professor over rocks while snorkeling. When he grabbed onto a rock, the ring he had worn ...

Natural scientist and author Robert Rothman takes readers on a reptillian tour of the Galápagos Islands in his new book, A Paradise for Reptiles: Lizards, Snakes, and Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos ...

Scientists are discovering new species in all corners of the world—and in some cases, they’re stumbling upon old species in places they were previously thought to be extinct. One of the latest ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Galápagos islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than ...

A Galápagos tortoise specimen from the California Academy of Sciences Kevin Twomey In the spring of 1905, eight researchers from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco set sail on a ...

Rodents and feral cats that European traders and pirates brought to the Galápagos Islands in the 17th century have driven a rare iguana to the brink of extinction, scientists say. The remote Isabela ...

The Galápagos Islands are already famous for their unique reptiles, from giant tortoises to rock-dwelling marine iguanas. Now, scientists have announced the discovery of three new geckos to add to the ...

About a fifth of reptile species - from the Galapagos tortoises to the Komodo dragon of the Indonesian islands, from West Africa's rhinoceros viper to India's gharial - are threatened with extinction, ...

A "healthy" population of geckos has been documented on one of the Galápagos Islands where the reptiles had been considered locally extinct. Scientists observed the geckos on Rábida Island during an ...

The zoo has not named the four hatchlings, believed to be female, yet; however, guests will be able to visit them starting on April 23 Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, is making history ...

A Paradise for Reptiles: Lizards, Snakes, and Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos Islands Vol. 1: Tortoises, Geckos, and Snakes, published by RIT Press. “It’s the only real synthesis of research that’s ...