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Pacific Reef Shark Populations in Swift Decline: 5 Things You Can Do to Help
May 1, 2012
According to a study published in the April 27th edition of the journal Conservation Biology, up to 90% of reef sharks have disappeared from reefs near populated islands in the Pacific. …
Celebrity Alert: Brangelina Celebrate Their Engagement in the Galapagos!
April 20, 2012
We understand that you normally don't turn to the blog of the International Galapagos Tour Operators Association for the latest celebrity gossip (at least we hope you don't), but this was too good to pass up. According to…
Mangrove Finch and up to 900 Other Tropical Bird Species Face Extinction by 2100
March 19, 2012
According to a recent Biological Conservation Journal paper, up to 900 tropical bird species could go extinct by 2100 because of warming temperatures around the globe. The critically endangered mangrove…
Sharks in Galapagos Bagged, Tagged and Monitored to Aid in Future Conservation Efforts
March 14, 2012
The Galapagos National Park Service, with support from the Charles Darwin Foundationand the University of California at Davis, recently captured and tagged eleven sharks near Darwin and Wolf Islands…
Swimming with Galapagos Sea Lions: Video
March 14, 2012
Bret Love and Mary Gabbett, founders of Green Global Travel (one of our favorite websites about ecotourism), took this wonderful footage of sea lions swimming, nursing, playing and fighting on a recent trip…
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Hails Plan for New Provincial Court in the Galapagos
March 9, 2012
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society(SSCS), a non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization active in the Galapagos Islands, announced earlier this week that Ecuador's national judicial authority's…
Scientist Find Previously Unknown Species of Shark in the Galapagos
March 7, 2012
Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) have described a newly discovered species of catshark, named Bythaelurus giddingsi, in the March 5 issue of the journal Zootaxa…
Send a Love Note to the World’s Most Eligible Reptilian Bachelor this Valentine’s Day!
February 9, 2012
Lonesome George, perhaps the Galapagos Islands' most famous resident and a truly one-of-a-kind guy, is looking for love, according to www.lovegeorge.org, a website created by …
2012 Marks the World Heritage Convention’s 40th Anniversary
February 6, 2012
Candice Gaukel Andrews
On November 16, 1972, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted the World Heritage Convention. It was an historic…
First Time in the Galápagos: Conservation Issues Get Real
February 4, 2012
Candice Gaukel Andrews
Those of us who travel often find out that there is no better way to prove yourself, to test your most fondly held beliefs, and to discover which issues mean the most to you than by stepping…
