There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different ... from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified ...

Other Amazonian excursions venture deep into Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in search of birds of a different feather. You'll ...

These types of bird behaviors and unexpected sightings prompt me to capture more amazing moments and share my visual stories.' 'Visiting the Galápagos Islands for the first time felt like ...

The finches in the above video were collected from the Galápagos Islands in ... and shape of the beaks have enabled the different species to specialise in different types of food: seeds, insects, ...

The Galápagos Islands served as the site of Charles Darwin's famous flora and fauna observations and the inspiration behind his groundbreaking "On the Origin of Species," so it's hardly ...

But this volcanic island is home to an unusual group of birds ... beaks and behaviours to aid survival in their specific habitats, but are all descendants of a common ancestor. The variation in the ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

But a similar finch on another island has a big, thick beak for eating seeds. The tortoises on some islands have shells that are dome shaped because they eat plants that are low down. But similar ...

The Amazon is an unspoiled natural nirvana where piranhas can skeletonise you in seconds, and the bird watching tour ... I'd travel all the way to the Galapagos Islands to see them.