Amazing and unusual animals of the Galapagos Islands

A magnificent frigatebird in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A lava lizard perches on a marine iguana in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A penguin in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A sea lion in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Waved albatrosses in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A finch in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Mockingbirds in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Swallow-tail gulls in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A whale shark in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A sea lion in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Swallow-tailed gulls in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A spotted scorpionfish in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A flamingo in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A lava lizard in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A blue-footed booby in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A land iguana in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Sea lions in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A whale shark in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A lava gull in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A sea lion and dolphin in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A flycatcher in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A Sally Lightfoot crab in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Sea lions in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A dove in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A grasshopper in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A sea lion in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Fur seals in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A tiger nudibranch in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Blue-footed boobies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Researchers are alarmed about the decline in shark populations.

A sea lion in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Nazca boobies in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A flightless cormorant in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A manta ray in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A penguin in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A white-spotted puffer in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A sea lion begs for scraps at the Puerto Ayora Fish Market in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Great frigatebird chicks in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Garden eels in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A moray eel in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Sea lions in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A red-footed booby in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.Ecuador

A barnacle blenny in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A magnificent frigatebird in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A Nazca booby chick in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A fur seal in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A finch in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A racer snake in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A blue-footed booby in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A trumpetfish in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

A giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.