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By Dr. Susan Huss-Lederman, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Paulo (PJ) Andrade has attended each week-long Teacher Institute associated with Galapagos...
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Blog - Guest Contributors
By Harrison Goldspiel, Biologist with the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative Hiking around Santa Fe Island, one wonders what the tortoises, iguanas,...
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By Andrea Cahuana, Research Assistant on the Philornis downsi Project at the Charles Darwin Foundation To catch flies! I still remember the first day...
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By guest author Eileen Heyer, BSc MSc As an enthusiastic biologist who’s in love with field work, I was excited to travel to the Galapagos Islands...
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By Jacqueline Rodr guez, Entomologist with the Charles Darwin Foundation I first came to Galapagos in 2013 to work as an entomologist with the Galapagos...
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By Caroline Cappello, Godfrey Merlen, Dee Boersma When discussing our research in Galapagos, we often talk about the 120 nests that we built to provide...
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By Wilson I iguez (Research Assistant) and Rosita Calderon (Laboratory Assistant) of the Marine Invasive Species program. Leer en espa ol. The Marine...
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A Tortoise Bone from the California Gold Rush, and its Link to Long-Term Tortoise Conservation in Galapagos By Cyler Conrad, Archaeologist at Los Alamos...
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By Jeffreys M laga, Galapagos National Park ranger. Leer en espa ol. Although the range of the Eastern Santa Cruz giant tortoises (Chelonodis donfaustoi)...
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By Diego Rom n (Assistant Professor in Teaching and Learning at Southern Methodist University and ESG Program leader for Science Education) and Amy Doherty,...
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Latest News
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GNPD Reintroduces 461 Land Iguanas to Santiago Island
02.25.21 February 24, 2021 Rangers with the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD)... More >
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Breaking: Giant Tortoise Population on Alcedo Deemed Healthiest in Galapagos
02.01.21 February 1, 2021 According to park rangers and scientists from the Giant Tortoise... More >
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First Expedition to Monitor the Giant Tortoise Population of Alcedo Volcano Begins
01.18.21 January 18, 2021 Park rangers and scientists from the Galapagos National Park... More >
Latest Blog Posts
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Rediscovering the Giant Tortoises and Magical Landscapes of Alcedo Volcano
By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative Alcedo... >
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Documenting Galapagos Giant Tortoises: Walking Among Modern Dinosaurs
By Lucas Bustamante, co-founder at Tropical Herping and Giant Tortoise Restoration... >
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‘Galapagos Giant Tortoises:’ Synthesis of a Half Century of Study and Conservation
By Linda Cayot, retired GC Science Advisor In July 2012 a mere two weeks... >
