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Species Database Alternanthera filifolia (Hook. f.) J.T. Howell

Juan Manuel Garcia-CDF

Giant tortoises are emblems of Galapagos. They are critical ecosystem engineers and they are also important for the local economy. Yet all 12 species of Galapagos Giant Tortoises are of conservation concern. Our work focuses on conserving these gentle giants through research and education.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Julia thecaphora (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Turbonilla galapagensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Sporolithon pacificum E.Y.Dawson

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Chaenopsis schmitti Böhlke, 1957

Carlos Espinosa/CDF

Species Database Eudendrium breve Fraser, 1938

Teddy Zambrano, Sergio Zanchi, Oscar Cardenas y entire Connie Jean Two crew

Historic Sighting of White shark in Ecuador

Researchers from the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park have published the first confirmed record of a white shark in Ecuadorian waters. The encounter, roughly ninety kilometers west of Wolf Island and outside the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR), marks an unusual sighting of this species in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, where sightings south of Mexico's coastline are exceptionally rare.