QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A volcano atop one of the Galapagos Islands has erupted for the first time in 33 years, threatening a fragile ecosystem that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Now that that the risks and hazards of COVID-19 have been greatly reduced, and after several years of curtailing travel, we are making up for some lost time. On July 30 we flew to Quito, Ecuador, and ...