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The Galapagos penguin, one of the world’s rarest, sees a glimmer of hope
AnimalsBiologists created a unique method to boost numbers of the tropical bird—and it seems to be working.ByChristine PetersonPublished October 13, 2022• 6 min readMore than a decade ago, P. Dee Boersma used crowbars and hammers to chisel a small hole out of lava on the Galápagos Islands, hoping to attract one of the world’s rarest
An unknown Galapagos tortoise species may be lurking in museum bones
Long ago, a single lineage of tortoises colonized the Galápagos archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Those tortoises spread out among the islands, and soon the populations grew apart, making each inhabited island home to a distinct species of Chelonoidis tortoise. Or so biologists thought. The Galápagos island that Charles Darwin landed on, San Cristóbal, was…
Tallest Galapagos volcano erupts, spewing lava, ash
Jan. 7, 2022Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 5:55 p.m. 1of5This photo released by the the National Galapagos Park communications office shows, from above, lava from the eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Wilson Cabrera/National Galapagos Park communications office via AP)Wilson Cabrera/APShow MoreShow Less2of5This photo released by the the National…