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Hope for the Little Vermilion Flycatcher on Santa Cruz Island
Gearing up for the annual Christmas Bird Count
Shark-ambassadors lead microplastic cleanup with the European Union
Marine Invasive Species Project presented at World Conservation Congress
Antibiotic resistance in Galapagos Giant Tortoises
DiCaprio, conservationists launch $43M effort to restore Galapagos Islands
2020: working during the pandemic on Isabela Island, Galapagos
Galapagos Research Issue 70
Starting my scientific career in the Galapagos Islands
Letters from the Library: Hunting the wild bull
Joshua Vela Fonseca
Lecocarpus species re-discovered on Española Island
Mara Speece/CDF
The Waved Albatross Then and Now

Possibly best known for its remoteness, giant tortoises and links with Charles Darwin, the Galápagos Islands—600 miles off the Ecuadorian coast—are also home with the magnificent Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorate), a huge bird that nests there and raises its young during nine months of the year. The largest bird in the Islands, it is the only albatross that lives in the tropics.

Women in science – underrepresented minority? Not at CDF!
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Mycosphaerella tassiana (De Not.) Johanson
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Mycosphaerella musicola R. Leach ex J.L. Mulder
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Mycosphaerella heningsii Sivan.
Stuart Banks-CDF
Fernandina’s volcanic eruption: Q&A with Volcanologist Dennis Geist

In an interview, renowned Galapagos volcanologist Dennis Geist tells us a bit more about the 2024 eruption and volcanic activity in Galapagos.

Population Records for the Galapagos Penguin and the Flightless Cormorant
Letters from the Library: A Story in a Picture
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimm.) Zare & W. Gams