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Explore more than 100,000 specimens virtually through the Collections Database of the Charles Darwin Foundation. The Collections Database is the digital home for the Natural History Collection at the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.

The database includes records of collected physical specimens, as well as virtual records of species occurrence within the Islands (observational records) and records of Galapagos specimens held at collaborating institutions.

Like the physical collection, the online database is separated into four smaller Natural History Collections: the Herbarium (CDS), the Terrestrial Invertebrate Collection (ICCDRS), the Marine Invertebrate Collection (MCCDRS), and the Vertebrate Collection (VCCDRS).

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Digitized records of specimens from all collections are catalogued in a searchable MariaDB database with standardized fields and method of entry. Information included in records includes where possible the full taxonomy to the lowest level possible, collection notes, collection location and ecological information.

A mapping application is also available within DataZone that shows the location of the specimen of interest, with the option of also mapping all of the locations of the same species with records in the collection. The number of records that have been digitized varies by collection, with more old records entered into the database every year.

We tell you some teasers of our scientific productions, with the combination of geographical information, narrative text, images and multimedia content. We use the potentiality of maps and geography to tell you a story.