Tag: Galapagos
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Super sexual centenarian tortoise single-handedly saves his species
Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.
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Galapagos Islands getting major renewable energy expansion
The current wind power installation has replaced millions of liters of diesel fuel and helped protect the islands' endangered animals.
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New Galápagos sanctuary protects unique marine life
The stunning new marine preserve surrounding the Galápagos will be off-limits for fishing in a bid to conserve its unique habitat.
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Lonesome George May Not Have Been the Last of His Species
On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.
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Operation Rat Kill: 22 Tons of Poison to Kill 180 Million Rats on Galapagos Islands
Usually, air-dropping over 20 tons of poison from an helicopter on a fragile island ecosystem would be a very bad thing...
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R.I.P. Lonesome George, the Last of His Kind
Lonesome George, the world's last remaining Pinta Island tortoise, has died at age 100 -- marking the final end of a species millennia in the making, and inching that 'loneliest' mantle one notch closer to us.
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Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All
They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.
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Helicopters Drop Poison on the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are the model of biodiversity which inspired Charles Darwin to surmise the theory of evolution, but scientists have made arrangements to ensure that the latest round of animal deaths
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Finally Baby-Making Time For One of a Kind Tortoise?
If Lonesome George suffers from performance anxiety, it's hard to blame him. At the ripe old age of nearly 100, the last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise has been charged with preserving his species' genetic
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Retracing Darwin's Steps, and Managing the Human Impact on the Galapagos Islands
The difference between visiting the islands largely untouched by humans and those once habited by people is
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Up Close and Personal with Natural Selection in Action: The Tale of Two Islands of the Galapagos
Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that
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Get to Know an Awesome Animal: The Galapagos Penguin
When it comes to the Galapagos, most people think: Islands; tropical; Equator; volcanoes; some variation on those general ideas probably pops to mind, unless you've been here. If you have been here, you probably know that a
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3 Things About Recycling the U.S. Can Learn from the Galapagos
The ballooning rates of people coming to the Galapagos, as residents or tourists, over the past few years has created a variety of environmental concerns for the islands. Not least of these is waste management, as the
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The Ballad of Lonesome George, The Galapagos' Most Famous Tortoise
Lonesome George is quite a character. He's a Pinta Island tortoise, and, as Brian noted when he visited a few years ago, he's the last of this breed. Yep, that means when he's gone, that's it -- his species will
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What is Really Being Done to Save the Galapagos?
Conservation efforts, especially in places as renowned as the Galapagos, have something of a reputation. It's developers vs. protesters, consumers vs. conservationists, people
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How Do You Teach Kids to Live Sustainably on an Island?
Environmental education is playing a bigger role around the globe as we all learn more about our environmental surroundings. As
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Are the Galapagos Islands Ready for More Tourism?
The Galapagos Islands are like no place on earth. The Galapagos Islands have too many
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5 Things Everyone Should Know About the Galapagos: An Introduction
Photo credit: Wikipedia/Creative Commons 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with the Toyota International Teacher Program. The program is designed to engage a variety of conservation and education issues
