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Landing on the Shark Ecology Project
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
A Homecoming for Floreana

After more than 180 years, giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island—reviving a lineage once thought extinct. Discover how hybrid tortoises were identified, bred, and carefully reintroduced, and why their comeback marks a turning point for island restoration, ecosystem recovery, and one of Galápagos’ most ambitious conservation efforts.

A new Galapagos Atlas that covers 68 species and, unusually, catalogs everything scientists still don't know about them

The new Galápagos Atlas 2026 offers a 309-page look at 68 species and species groups, combining purpose-built distribution maps with something rarely found in a reference guide: a clear record of what scientists still don’t know. Free to explore online, it highlights critical knowledge gaps and invites future research to strengthen conservation.

Baccharis gnidiifolia Kunth
Species Database Baccharis gnidiifolia Kunth
Bradycellus insularis Reichardt, 1976
Species Database Bradycellus insularis Reichardt, 1976
Marine World Exhibit Opens in Celebration of World Oceans Day in Galapagos
Re-sightings of Captive-bred Mangrove Finches
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Tachys erwini Reichardt, 1976
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Astrangia browni Palmer, 1928
60 years of Science in Galapagos
Five New Sub-Species of the Marine Iguana in Galapagos
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Scytodes fusca Walckenaer, 1837
Cryptostegia grandiflora (Roxb.) R. Br.
Species Database Cryptostegia grandiflora (Roxb.) R. Br.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Poecilochroa bifasciata Banks, 1902
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ariadna tarsalis Banks, 1902
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Synodus scituliceps Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Argyrodes elevatus Taczanowski, 1873
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Theridion calcynatum Holmberg, 1876
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Oecobius concinnus Simon, 1893
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900