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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...

An international team of scientists including a professor from University of British Columbia have discovered a new species of giant tortoise on Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands. The tortoise named Chelonoidis donfaustoi is one of the two giant tortoise...