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Restoring Floreana isn’t about small plots—it’s about healing an entire island. Discover how large-scale habitat restoration underpins species recovery, why forests like Scalesia matter, and how science, patience, and collaboration are reshaping one of Galápagos’ most ambitious conservation projects—with lessons that could inform island restoration worldwide.
Discover how the Galápagos land iguana recovery program began. From the 1932 translocation to the leadership of Howard and Heidi Snell, this article shows how scientific research, captive breeding, and habitat restoration made possible one of the world's most successful conservation stories.
The dataZone is a collection of applications, accesible online or inside the Charles Darwin Research Station, providing access to all the scientific information stored in several databases, product of almost 60 years of research in the Galapagos Islands.
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Collected more than 130 years ago, some of the oldest marine specimens from Galápagos are preserved at the Marine Organisms Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station. These historic corals, gathered during the 1888 Albatross expedition, continue to provide valuable insights into the past and present of Galápagos marine biodiversity, highlighting the importance of scientific collections for research and conservation.
Since 1979, the Marine Organisms Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station has grown from handwritten notebooks into a scientific infrastructure recognized in 2014 as part of Ecuador's heritage. Nathalia Tirado-Sánchez and Rosita Calderón-Barrera digitized thousands of historical records, strengthening research, education, biosecurity, and the conservation of Galápagos's marine biodiversity.
