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While many Galapagos species are headline grabbers thanks to their adaptations and uniqueness, there are plenty of lesser heralded species to be found across the Islands that are just as special. Step forward the three endemic cacti: the lava cactus...

By Ashleigh D. Klingman de Sarigu,  Education policy and citizen engagement analyst for the Galapagos Governing Council (CREG). In the United States, love and appreciation for nature emerged with the early conservation movement and the establishment...

The MV Floreana aground in the bay of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno off the coast of San Cristóbal. Photo courtesy COE An Ecuador-flagged cargo ship has been successfully refloated and scuttled after running aground earlier this year in the Galápagos Islands...

There’s something unsettling about taxidermy and the lifelike diaramas that I grew up seeing at museums.  But the research that goes into each zoological and botanical detail serves a monumental educational purpose for visitors and scientists...

A new species of giant tortoise, Chelonoidis donfaustoi, has been discovered on Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands. UBC biology professor Michael Russello was on the team of international scientists who identified this species. Photo credit: James P. Gibbs...