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Galapagos pirates could have resuscitated an extinct species of tortoise

Author DAVID GORDILLO
Posted on 19th November 201919/11/2019
Animals, Ecology, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) are in danger of extinction. Many species have disappeared, and very few of them are alive today. Experts claim that it is unlikely to restore them in the near future; but recently, an international team has found by chance, some hybrid turtles descendants of extinct species in Isabela Island. In this

Miguel Bosé: Galapagos is not somewhere else

Author DAVID GORDILLO
Posted on 20th August 201920/08/2019
Animals, Ecology, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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“There are few places in the world as special as Galapagos, The Enchanted Islands are the place of evolution, and it was here where many biological theories were developed. Galapagos helped us to comprehend life”. This was the statement that Miguel Bosé made in a prestigious TV program of the United States. Moreover, he stressed

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

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

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

New ‘Big Birds’ in Galapagos 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 penguin

The Galapagos penguin, endemic to the archipelago, is a penguin species that lives in the “Northernmost place of the world”. Most of its population is found on the rocky coast of the islands: Fernandina and Isabela, the westernmost islands of the Galapagos. It is the third smallest penguin species on the planet. It is incredibly

Pinzon Island is recovered through a natural project

The possible finding of a new endemic snail species and the reproduction and survival of land tortoises in Pinzon Island are some of the results obtained with the application of the Pinzon project, executed since 2012 by the Galapagos National Park, with the support of The Island Conservation and The Raptor Center. Before the project,

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