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In this week’s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate

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50 days ago

In this week’s newsletter: Joining a research team on the Darwin and Wolf Islands off the Ecuadorian coast revealed how critically endangered species are reacting to their rapidly changing ocean envi…

52 days ago

The species is abundant within the protected archipelago but when they migrate outside the marine reserve to give birth they run the gauntlet of industrial fishing

The unmistakable fluted T-shape of a…

67 days ago

Scientists have announced the discovery of the newest animal found in the Galápagos - an adorable blue octopus the size of a golf ball.

5 months ago

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants

Giant tortoises, the life-giving engineers of remote small island ecosystems, are pl…

6 months ago

When developers began circling Espíritu Santo island in the 1990s, a private conservation effort saw them off. But today the Unesco site faces a new threat: mass tourism

On a clear day over the Sea of…

8 months ago

Scientists are only beginning to grasp the scale of the issue and understand what impact the tree frogs may have on the islands’ rare wildlife

On the way to her office at the Charles Darwin research s…

10 months ago

While Ecuador’s islands are protected for its rich fauna, they are not a place of safety for many of its women and girls

El Mango viewpoint on Isla Isabela, the least populated island of the Galápagos…

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