It’s one of the most remote places on Earth, host to unique and abundant wildlife and perhaps offers the best big-game fishing in the world. The incredible volcanic archipelago known as the Galápagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin as he developed his theory of evolution by natural selection — and is sure to move you as well.

Delta Flight 127, which departed Madrid, Spain diverted to the volcanic island of Terceira in the Azores. Passengers were stranded 29 hours there.

My family stayed in Stromboli, an island off the north of Sicily. My kids loved playing with black sand and watching the volcano erupt at night.

Isla Tortuga was formed relatively recently from a volcano that rose out of the sea floor off Baja California and is home to a unique rattlesnake.

The ash cloud above Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Monday was about four times taller than the one produced by an eruption there last month.

The RattleCam is back! For the second year in a row, California Polytechnic State University and Dickinson College are live streaming a massive prairie rattlesnake den. The mega-den, which is located in Colorado,

A Delta Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing on a remote volcanic island in the Azores due to having engine issues. The flight was traveling from Madrid to New York when it was forced to land.

A Delta flight from Madrid to New York was forced to land in the Azores after an engine fault, stranding passengers for 30 hours with little communication.

TERCEIRA, Azores (WKRC) - An engine problem midflight on a Delta Air Lines flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. Delta flight 127 from Madrid to New York made an emergency landing on Terceira, Azores, a small volcanic island, CBS News reported.