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All finches are of the same size and weight. They vary in colors in some cases, but their most notorious difference are their peaks, which are used as tools.
The Difficult Flight of Birds in Galapagos
Juan Manuel Garcia-CDF
Exhibition Hall

The Charles Darwin Research Station is open Monday-Sunday, from 08:00 to 18:00 (including public holidays). Come visit us in the heart of Galapagos!

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Billy Bensted-Smith/CDF
Rediscovered Coral Signals Hope for Galapagos Reefs

A scientific team led by the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD) has confirmed that Rhizopsammia wellingtoni—a solitary coral thought to be lost for a generation— is alive and clinging to Galapagos’ underwater cliffs.

Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
Species Database Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby
12 Little Vermilion Flycatcher chicks fledge the nest

12 Little Vermilion Flycatcher chicks fledge the nest, in most successful nesting season yet in Santa Cruz Island

Rashid Cruz-CDF
Research Data Repository Propuesta Científica DPNG Cascarilla 2024
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt’s Role in the Conservation of Galapagos
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lantana peduncularis Andersson
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Hoffmannola lesliei (Stearns, 1892)
Rashid Cruz-CDF
Research Data Repository Informe técnico de campo expedición "Greenpeace Galápagos" Marzo 2024
Archaeological artifacts at the CDF Museum
Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Chelonoidis microphyes (Günther, 1875)
Species Database Chelonoidis microphyes (Günther, 1875)
Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758
Species Database Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Solanum erianthum D. Don
Biodiversity of Galapagos exhibited in Quito
Lobelia xalapensis Kunth
Species Database Lobelia xalapensis Kunth
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Species Database Sonchus oleraceus L.