1 February, 2009 1. Four officers standing with sniffer dogs 2. Close up sniffer dog 3. Officers standing in a line with dogs 4. Dog resting on the ground 5. Dog searching truck with officer 6. Officers finding a shark fin under the...

FILE: Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - date unknown 1. Wide of family of tourists observing a tortoise on Santa Cruz isle, one of the Galapagos Islands Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - 21 November,...

1. Pan down of village from hill 2. Wide of two villagers walking up dirt road with a donkey 3. Wide of new church building 4. Cross on top of church 5. Various of ladies singing religious songs with hymn book 6. Various close up of...

By this point in his long life, Lonesome George should be at least a grandfather. Yet even fatherhood appears to be eluding the Galapagos tortoise believed to be between 75 and 80 years old. George lives in the Galapagos National Park in...

1. Various of solar-powered boat Turanor PlanetSolar 2. Various of solar panels on boat 3. Various close-ups of boat at sea 4. Tilt down from sky to solar panels 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Raphael Domjan, Founder of PlanetSolar: "So when I...

In mid-June Lonesome George had been living life as usual, in his enclosure at the Charles Darwin research station in the Galapagos Islands. He was believed to be the last living member of the Pinta Island subspecies of giant tortoise....

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AND PINK FLOYD MEMBERS ATTEND STEPHEN HAWKING THANKSGIVING Stars including Benedict Cumberbatch and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Nick Mason arrived at London's Westminster Abbey Friday (15 JUNE 2018),...

Stephen Hawking has taken his place among Britain's greatest scientists with the burial of his ashes in Westminster Abbey, between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. More than 1,000 people attended a service of...

Ecuadorian park guards and a U.S. conservation organization have found a tortoise whose species was believed extinct for a century in one of the islands of the Galapagos archipelago.

Mara listens to her trainer say "up, down, blow," obediently raising her trunk so a saline solution can be introduced, then lowering it and expelling the liquid into a bag for analysis.

Mara listens to her trainer say "up, down, blow," obediently raising her trunk so a saline solution can be introduced, then lowering it and expelling the liquid into a bag for analysis. She gets a piece of fruit as a reward.

Galapagos, Ecuador 1. Various of mutilated sea lions 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Domingo Escudero, Park Ranger: "There were nine dead sea lions, seven males and two females and they all showed death by head trauma. Their heads were completely...

The recent popularity of asteroid disaster films and the Jurassic Park movies for the art auction world has translated into an enormous interest in the purchase of "natural history" objects and natural artefacts millions if not billions...

1. Various of lava flowing from Sierra Negra volcano 2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Grace Unda, Governor, Province of Galapagos: "At this time there is no great danger for the public, but we will soon have a report from the park rangers and...

1. Wide of giant tortoise named "George" walking into pond 2. Various of park officials carrying two female tortoises in wheel barrows 3. Wide of park official carrying tortoise 4. Wide of park officials placing female tortoises near to...

A giant tortoise known as 'Pepe the Missionary' has died at his home in the Galapagos National Park, the park's ecosystems director said. Pepe, who was from the rare Chelonoidis Becki species, died of natural causes on Thursday, said...

April 18, 2009, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands 1. Various of "La Cumbre" volcano with and lava pouring into the ocean. April 20 2009, Galapagos National Park 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Washingtong Tapia, Director of Projects of the...

Galapagos Islands - File 1. Iguana on shore, with sunken oil tanker in the background Santa Fe Island, Ecuador - June 2002 2. Iguana entering water and swimming over sunken tyres 3. Iguana on shore Galapagos Islands - File 4. Sunken oil...

Spanish/Nat The Ecuadorian Navy with the assistance of the U-S Coast Guard is attempting to right the grounded ship Jessica today, the same day its captain, Tarquino Arevalo, is to be arraigned for negligence against the environment in...

Spanish/Eng/Nat The captain of a tanker that grounded off the Galapagos islands is being treated for "nervous tension." Investigators say he's been unable to resume answering questions because of lower back pain and sharp abdominal pains...

Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos National Park 1. Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall walking down stairs 2. Various of Prince Charles and Camilla looking at three giant tortoises Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos National Park 3. Wide of...

1. Wide, and zoom in to greenhouse at the The New York Botanical Garden 2. Pull-focus on orchid 3. Zoom out of orchid tree 4. Mid of sun shining through trees, orchids in foreground 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Karen Daubmann, Associate...

Santa Cruz island, Galapagos National Park 1. Wide of Prince Charles with Ecuador's Minister of Environmental, Marcela Aguinaga, and the director of the Galapagos National park, Edgar Munoz 2. Close Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla 3. Wide...

Fernandina island 1. Pull out, zoom in, of steam cloud over volcano 2. Volcano hillside, with ribbon of flaming, smoking lava 3. Various, lava flow 4. Pan of rivers of lava Santa Cruz island 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Oscar Carvajal,...