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By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative. Leer en espa ol. I do not consider myself an expert; just a humble biologist trying...
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By Paula A. Casta o, Island Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Veterinarian with Island Conservation The Galapagos Islands are famously known as the...
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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 Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative During the 29 years I have dedicated to the conservation of the Galapagos Islands...
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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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As I begin this blog a farewell of sorts and a big thank you to my Galapagos friends and colleagues, and to Galapagos Conservancy (GC) supporters...
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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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Latest News
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Giant Tortoise Census on Darwin Volcano Indicates Ecosystem Recovery
11.25.19 November 25, 2019 A healthy population of growing giant tortoises, large numbers... More >
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Twenty Baby Tortoises Hatch at the Santa Cruz Breeding Center
11.20.19 November 20, 2019 Twenty baby tortoises of the Espa ola Island (Chelonoidis... More >
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Park Repatriates 109 Young Tortoises to Pinzón and Santiago
11.07.19 November 6, 2019 Rangers from the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD)... More >
Latest Blog Posts
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Darwin Volcano Tortoises, Part I
By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative. Leer... >
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Night adventures in the Enchanted Isles: In Search of Galapagos Short-Eared Owls on Floreana Island
By Paula A. Casta o, Island Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Veterinarian... >
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The Invasive Paper Wasp Nuisance in Galapagos
By Mariana Bulgarella & Phil Lester of Victoria University of Wellington,... >
