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

Euphorbia nummularia Hook.f.
Species Database Euphorbia nummularia Hook.f.
Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
Species Database Commelina diffusa Burm. f.
Erythrina velutina Willd.
Species Database Erythrina velutina Willd.
Cuscuta acuta Engelm.
Species Database Cuscuta acuta Engelm.
Croton scouleri Hook. f.
Species Database Croton scouleri Hook. f.
Passiflora colinvauxii Wiggins
Species Database Passiflora colinvauxii Wiggins
Papamoscas de Galápagos. Foto: Bernie Jácome.
The 2022 Galapagos Christmas Bird Count is back
Landing on the Shark Ecology Project
Protect the Fins and the Ocean Wins!
Camarhynchus pallidus (P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1870)
Species Database Camarhynchus pallidus (P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1870)
Certhidea olivacea Gould, 1837
Species Database Certhidea olivacea Gould, 1837
Platyspiza crassirostris (Gould, 1837)
Species Database Platyspiza crassirostris (Gould, 1837)
Rashid Cruz/CDF
Floreana Finches "Flight Home": Q&A WITH PROF. SONIA KLEINDORFER

Behind the Floreana Finches "Flight Home": Q&A with biologist Professor Sonia Kleindorfer

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.
Species Database Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.
Galapagos Verde 2050, Success and Adaptation
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Panicum hirticaule J. Presl
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Waltheria ovata Cav.
Ipomoea habeliana Oliv.
Species Database Ipomoea habeliana Oliv.
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.