What is Galápagos Islands?
[[File:Ecuador in its region.svg|300px|The Galápagos Islands are near Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean|right]] [[File:Galapagos+map.jpg|300px|The Galápagos Islands are near Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean|right]] [[File:Iguanamarina.jpg|thumb|[[Marine iguana]].]] [[File:Grapsus grapsus Galapagos Islands.jpg|thumb|[[Grapsus grapsus]], Galapagos.]] [[File:Land Iguana.jpg|thumb|The [[Conolophus|Galápagos land iguana]] basking on a rock]] [[File:SulaNebouxi.jpg|thumb|[[Blue-footed booby]].]] [[File:Waved albatross courtship.jpg|thumb|Waved albatrosses' famous courtship ritual]] [[File:KneelingSeal.jpg|thumb|Sea lions in the Galápagos are somewhat tame, and very curious.]] [[File:Fresh Water Swimming in the Galapagos on the Island of Santa Cruz.JPG|thumb|right|Fresh Water Swimming in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos on the Island of Santa Cruz.]] [[File:Gigantic Turtle on the Island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos.JPG |right|thumb|[[ Galápagos tortoise]] on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos]]The '''Galápagos Islands''' (''Archipiélago de Colón'' in Spanish) are a group of islands in the [[Pacific Ocean]] which now belong to [[Ecuador]]. The islands are famous for having many native animals, including giant [[tortoise]]s, that are found nowhere else on [[Earth]]. These animals helped [[Charles Darwin]] towards his [[theory]] of evolution by [[natural selection]] after he visited the islands in 1835.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sulloway|first=Frank J.|date=1984|title=Darwin and the Galapagos|url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb02052.x|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=21|issue=1-2|pages=29–59|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb02052.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com.pk/books/edition/Darwin_Darwinism_and_Conservation_in_the/jcUwDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Gal%C3%A1pagos+Islands+darwin's+theory&printsec=frontcover|title=Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands: The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications|last=Quiroga|first=Dieg