Galapagos

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• The 30-foot dive off the end of the pier showed me an array of sea creatures, from manta rays to green turtles to Galapagos sharks.
• As more accessible, coastal waters off South America were overfished and emptied, commercial boats zeroed in on the protected waters of the Galápagos.
• The Smooth-Billed Ani is the largest black bird in the Galápagos. It has a long tail that hangs like a grackle and has shiny, elegant, black feathers with streaks of green.
• Many are more familiar with the Galapagos, an archipelago comprised of 125 large and small islands of volcanic origin and in which 97% of the territory is a protected area under the category of National Park. Global Voices in English » Ecuador: Galapagos Islands Advance in 7 New Wonders Competition
• This situation is analogous to that of the Galapagos Islands, where Darwin drew inspiration for his theory of evolution, except that the pupfish evolved in ‘islands’ of water within a desert ‘sea.’
• this kind of beak has become specialized in certain Galapagos finches
• The rats have placed in serious risk – on the edge of extinction – the Galapagos petrel, which is a marine bird unique in the world and of which only 120 remain," the project's manager, Victor Carrion, told The Associated Press by telephone from the islands. Full-Scale Assault Launched Against Invasive Galapagos Rats
• He did make an observation about how similar Galapagos mockingbirds were to those of mainland South America, but he missed the lesson of the finches entirely.
• Of the existing 23 World Heritage volcanic sites, it is most comparable with the oceanic serial island shield volcanos of Hawaii and the Galapagos, both of which formed over a static hot spot and have as many exceptional volcanic features as Teide though the large Galapagos islands group is much richer in endemic plants. Teide National Park, Spain
• Galapagos released a hormone called corticosterone .... WN.com - Articles related to EAST AFRICA: Cassava comes in from the cold