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Galapagos discover a natural refuge of juvenile hammerhead sharks

A natural refuge with 30 juvenile hammerhead sharks, an endangered species, was discovered in the marine reserve of the Galapagos Islands, the Environment Ministry of Ecuador reported Friday. The discovery occurred when technicians from the Galapagos National Park (PNG) inspected the archipelago's marine reserve. This is an important finding for Galapagos and the region, because

Various names for the Galapagos Islands

Why do all islands have two or more names? A celebrated cartographer, Abraham Ortelius, made a map of the world in which the islands appeared in 1570. He called Archipelago “Insulae de los Galopegos” and was based on the descriptions of the Giant tortoises made by Fray Tomás de Berlanga, who, by accident in 1535

Pink iguanas are only found live in the Galapagos Islands

Author DAVID GORDILLO
Posted on 11th July 201911/07/2019
Animals, Ecology, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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According to the technical team of the National Park Management Department of Galapagos (DPNG), these animals enjoy a good state of health. In this context, a group of scientists traveled a few weeks ago to the islands in order to collect information related to the physical conditions of these endemic species. The main objective of

New ‘Big Birds’ in Galápagos arose super fast

The process of speciation usually takes millions years depending on many natural factors. But for a new species of finches, it happened in just two generations, and some scientists were able to see this magnificent process. The new lineage comes from a process of hybridization of two different species of Darwin’s finches. While conducting the

Galapagos Airport reduced 40% of CO2 emissions

Seymour airport received a certification of CarbonNeutral, becoming the first airport in Latin America and the Caribbean to win this recognition. The certification was granted by the International Airport Council in December 2017. CarbonNeutral certification is given when airport CO2 emissions have been significantly reduced by optimization techniques. “It is an important milestone, because the

Ecuador internationalizes the fight against illegal fishing around the Galapagos

Author DAVID GORDILLO
Posted on 14th June 201914/06/2019
Animals, Ecology, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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Galapagos was declared a national park in 1959, in order to protect the 97.5% of the terrestrial surface of the archipelago. The remaining area is occupied by human settlements that already existed at the time of the declaration. By then, approximately 1000 to 2000 people lived in four islands. In 1972 a census determined that

Galapagos Airport, the first in the region to achieve a neutral carbon certificate

The ecological airport became the first to get the ‘Carbon Neutral’ certificate in Latin America and the Caribbean. This recognition is granted by the Airports Council International (ACI), through the Airport Carbon Accreditation program, the only institutional system “that evaluate and recognize the efforts made by participating airports to manage and reduce their emissions of

Galapagos: important for Ecuador and the world

BiodiversityIt is a unique place for the ecosystems and the biodiversity that it shelters, that is not found in any other place of the planet. InvestigationIt is considered the best natural laboratory for the analysis of the evolution of the species. Additionally, it is a reference point for evaluating the global ecological phenomena such as El

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