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This month’s roundup features an article on Floreana Island and plans for tortoise restoration, an update on the ban on plastic bags in Galapagos,...
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Scientists pinpoint genes that give Darwin’s finches their distinctive beaks In a journal article published earlier this month in Nature, scientists...
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Watch: Undoing the Damage to the Galapagos This 6-minute video produced by MSNBC explores the impacts of human activity in the Galapagos...
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Exciting news about Espa ola giant tortoises, a first-hand account of the mysterious “Galapagos Affair,” the latest tourism report from Galapagos...
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Lonesome George made headlines in September with the opening of the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibit in New York. We announced the winners...
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Our July roundup finally brings closure to the Galapaface fiasco off the coast of San Crist bal, thankfully with minimal environmental impact. July also...
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June is the beginning of the “dry season” in Galapagos, known for its blue skies and mid-afternoon showers. It also marked the annual “World...
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May was a busy month for Galapagos, from a new study on Darwin’s Finches’ fight for survival to the cargo ship that remains stranded on the...
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Galapagos has been in the news quite a bit lately, and not just among the “top 10 best travel destinations” lists that have been cropping...
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In this month’s roundup, we feature some of our favorite stories from Galapagos–including Mangrove Finch captive breeding and Galapagos Marine...
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Latest News
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New “Reptiles of Galápagos” Book Now Available Online
07.08.19 July 8, 2019 Galapagos Conservancy is sponsoring a new book, Gal pagos Reptiles,... More >
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UNESCO Increases the Area of the Galapagos Biosphere Reserve
06.24.19 June 24, 2019 The Ecuadorian Ministry of Environment announced today that the... More >
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Thirty Captive-Reared Tortoises Repatriated on San Cristóbal
05.03.19 May 3, 2019 This week, Galapagos National Park rangers repatriated 30... More >
Latest Blog Posts
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Catching Invasive Flies in the Galapagos Islands
By Andrea Cahuana, Research Assistant on the Philornis downsi Project at the... >
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The Vermilion Flycatcher on Santa Cruz Island: Is there still hope?
By guest author Eileen Heyer, BSc MSc As an enthusiastic biologist who’s... >
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Monitoring Terrestrial Invertebrates in a Scalesia Forest in Galapagos
By Jacqueline Rodr guez, Entomologist with the Charles Darwin Foundation I... >
