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Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Crypthelia cymas Cairns, 1986
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Crypthelia eueides Cairns, 1986
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Anchialella vulcanella J.L. Barnard, 1979
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Berthellina ilisima Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Oxymeris strigata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Species Database Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Ipomoea tricolor Cav.
Species Database Ipomoea tricolor Cav.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Anachis atramentaria (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Juan Manuel Garcia-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 Malva parviflora L.
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.
Nicolas Moity-CDF
Ocean governance

Ecologically, the ocean is one interconnected system. Yet international law has divided it into arbitrary maritime zones based on geopolitical interests. Our research seeks to improve transnational ocean governance and conservation outcomes in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, through collaboration with scientists, academics, practitioners, and decision-makers.

Figure 1. Basalt rock from the Galapagos Islands. La Ratonera, Santa Cruz. Photo by: Byron Delgado M.
Galapagos: volcanoes within oceanic islands
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Eugenia stipitata Mc Vaugh
My Time at CDF
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Crypthelia glebulenta Cairns, 1986
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Thais brevidentata (Wood, 1828)