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By Lucas Bustamante, co-founder at Tropical Herping and Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative collaborator I have always been very passionate about reptiles....
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By Linda Cayot, retired GC Science Advisor In July 2012 a mere two weeks after the death of Lonesome George twenty-seven people from various countries...
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By Lindsay Renick Mayer of Global Wildlife Conservation In February of 2019, the Galapagos National Park Directorate, Galapagos Conservancy, and Animal...
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By Diego Andino Robalino, Biologist and Naturalist Guide with the Galapagos National Park Directorate. Leer en espa ol. When you are born in Galapagos,...
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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 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 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 guest author Ronald Giegerich, Collection Manager at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry. In late August...
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On March 5, 2016, I celebrated the 35th anniversary of the day I first arrived in Galapagos. I had no idea when I stepped off the plane onto the reddish...
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By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative On June 27, 2015, after more than 150 years, Santa Fe Island once again became home...
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Latest News
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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 >
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Auction Offers Unique Opportunity to Name Newly Discovered Galapagos Species
12.17.20 WASHINGTON, DC – December 17, 2020 Today, Galapagos Conservancy launched... More >
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Land Iguana Monitoring Results: Santiago and North Seymour Islands
12.02.20 December 2, 2020 Last month, rangers from the Galapagos National Park Directorate... More >
Latest Blog Posts
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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... >
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Unravelling the Silent Marine Invasion in Galapagos
By Patricia Isabela Tapia, research assistant for the Marine Invasive Species... >
