Ron Howard's movies often are upbeat affairs, but with "Eden" (in theaters Aug. 22), he goes darker with a true story from the Galapagos Islands ...

Fascism is spreading.” It’ll surely carry weight in modern society, but the phrase is referencing events from nearly a century ago. Based on a true story, “Eden” retraces what happened when a group of ...

Their scaly skin resembles volcanic rock, their backs are ridged with a row of spikes, and they have extremely long, curved claws. They use their tails as a whip to defend themselves, but even that ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard expected to find incredible plants and wildlife during a trip to the Galápagos Islands — ...

The 1984 romantic fantasy film famously features Tom Hanks as a man who falls in love with a woman who is secretly a mermaid ...

Princess Grace Kelly whisked daughter Caroline escaped to the Galápagos in hopes of ending her daughter’s high-profile ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s ...

In Ron Howard’s new historical drama, set in the Galápagos Islands, there are erotic shenanigans galore and harrowing acts of violence.

Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a ...

The Galapagos, an archipelago of small islands 600 miles off Ecuador, were made famous by Charles Darwin. It was there, by observing differences in native species in 1831, where he honed his ...

By ALIE SKOWRONSKI GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — Just south of the Galapagos’ Marchena Island, there’s a dive spot known by locals as the “fish arena.” There, within the choppy, cool waters of the Pacific ...