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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

Greenpeace
Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama urged to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty

18 NGOs and civil society organisations have today published a statement calling for the governments of Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama to ratify the UN High Seas Treaty in order to accelerate the protection of the oceans.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Studying health in birds: An interview with Gislayne Mendoza Alcívar

Gislayne Mendoza Alcívar, our lab technician was interviewed by our donor, Galapagos Conservation Trust, in which she shares her experience in studying the health of some of the islands' most endangered birds.

Rashid Cruz/CDF
Doña Pili's Legacy

26 Years of Commitment and Wisdom at the CDF

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
CDF teams up with OFC for long-term Galapagos conservation goals.

The Charles Darwin Foundation and Oceans Finance Company are delighted to announce a strategic partnership aimed at advancing crucial long-term conservation initiatives to enhance resilience to climate change in the archipelago and surrounding areas.

Pelayo Salinas de León/CDF
Silky shark's record-breaking migration of more than 27,000 km on the Tropical Eastern Pacific sheds light on urgent conservation need

Silky shark's record-breaking migration of more than 27,000 km on the Tropical Eastern Pacific sheds light on urgent conservation need

Pelayo Salinas
Regional information session on High Seas Treaty

The Charles Darwin Foundation participates in regional information session on High Seas Treaty

Agustín Gutiérrez/CDF
Record Year for Vermilion Flycatcher Season and Advances in the Recovery of the Mangrove Finch

Record Year for Vermilion Flycatcher Season and Advances in the Recovery of the Mangrove Finch

Paul Guerrero
The Charles Darwin Foundation strengthens academic collaborations in Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland

The Charles Darwin Foundation strengthens academic collaborations in Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland

Rashid Cruz-CDF
Lessons from the Field: A Five-Day Expedition with Galapagos Waved Albatross on Española Island

Lessons from the Field: A Five-Day Expedition with Galapagos Waved Albatross on Española Island

Andrés Cruz
Celebrating 65 Years of Conservation: Join the CDF and GNP Open House!

A special year deserves a special celebration. The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) opens its doors in collaboration with the Galapagos National Park (GNP), our strategic partner with whom we have worked hand in hand for 65 years.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Reviving the Past: Galvezia leucantha blooms again in northern Isabela

Reviving the Past: Galvezia leucantha blooms again in northern Isabela

Juan Manuel García/CDF
65 Years Protecting Galápagos: Innovation, Development, and Science in Service of Conservation

The Charles Darwin Foundation celebrates 65 years of innovation, development, and science in service of conservation

Jordi Chias
Celebrating seven years of the Galapagos Biodiversity and Education for Sustainability Fund

Celebrating seven years of the Galapagos Biodiversity and Education for Sustainability Fund

Anna Calle/CDF
Lecocarpus lecocarpoides: From Near Local Extinction to New Beginnings on Española Island

In November 2020, I joined the Galapagos Verde 2050 (GV2050) team during an exciting time. The team had just returned from an expedition to Punta Manzanillo on Española Island, where they had rediscovered a small population of Lecocarpus lecocarpoides, a species thought to be locally extinct. With 50 precious seeds collected, I was given a mission: to use these seeds to help recover the only population of this endangered species on the island.

Pelayo Salinas de León/CDF
Study Highlights High Vulnerability of ETP Sharks, Rays & Chimeras to Climate Change

A recent study published in the prestigious scientific journal Global Change Biology reveals that nearly a quarter of chondrichthyan species (cartilaginous fish including sharks, rays, and chimeras) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) are highly vulnerable to climate change.