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Rashid Cruz/CDF

New Populations of Scalesia cordata Found in Southern Isabela Island, Galapagos

Park rangers from the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD), in collaboration with scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), have discovered two new areas of Scalesia cordata on Sierra Negra volcano, located in southern Isabela Island. This discovery marks a significant milestone in the ongoing efforts to preserve this critically endangered species, which has seen its natural habitat severely reduced.

Species Database Psidium guajava L.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Arenaria melanocephala Vigors, 1829

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus, 1758

Warming oceans threatening Galapagos Reefs

Joshua Vela

Adopt a Blue-Footed Booby

Monitoring sharks in the mid-Pacific: a journey to the sharkiest place in the world

Juan Manuel Garcia-CDF

Yolanda Kakabadse appointed President of the Board of the Charles Darwin Foundation

About Galapagos

Explore the Galapagos Islands' volcanic beginnings, unique biodiversity, and the global conservation efforts led by the Charles Darwin Foundation to protect them.