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Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Waltheria ovata Cav.
Psidium galapagaeum var. galapageium Hook. f.
Species Database Psidium galapageium var. galapageium Hook. f.
Mara Speece-CDF
Natural History Collections

The Charles Darwin Foundation is home to the largest Natural History Collections of endemic, native and introduced species of Galapagos in Ecuador, with more than 135,000 specimens and 7,500 species across four Collections: Marine, Vertebrate, Terrestrial Invertebrate and a Herbarium.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Swietenia macrophylla King
Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urban
Species Database Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urban
Rubus niveus Thunb.
Species Database Rubus niveus Thunb.
Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
Species Database Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston
The World that Darwin Never Saw
Letters from the Library: The librarian's footprints
Scalesia cordata Stewart
Species Database Scalesia cordata Stewart
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Tectona grandis L. f.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Piscidia carthagenensis Jacq.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Miconia robinsoniana Cogn.
Silent invaders in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd. ex Schult.) Stearn
Species Database Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willd. ex Schult.) Stearn
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Lycium boerhaviifolium L.f.
Gossypium darwinii G. Watt
Species Database Gossypium darwinii G. Watt
Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
Species Database Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
Are tortoises the "hippos" of the Galapagos?
Mara Speece
The Mystery Behind the Santa Fe Tortoise

In 1969, during relentless rains on Santa Fe Island, scientist Tjitte de Vries discovered a small, well-preserved tortoise skull. Taken to the Charles Darwin Research Station, the find intrigued researchers, who believed it might belong to the island’s long-extinct giant tortoise.