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Yachay Tech and the Charles Darwin Foundation Will Work Together to Achieve Excellence for Science in Ecuador
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Verbena sedula var. fournieri Moldenke
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 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

Acalypha sericea var. baurii (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) G.L. Webster
Species Database Acalypha sericea var. baurii (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) G.L. Webster
All finches are of the same size and weight. They vary in colors in some cases, but their most notorious difference are their peaks, which are used as tools.
The Difficult Flight of Birds in Galapagos
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Solanum lycopersicum L.
Life re-emerging! Galápagos Verde 2050: Cacti recovering on remote islands
Morinda citrifolia L.
Species Database Morinda citrifolia L.
Euphorbia hirta L.
Species Database Euphorbia hirta L.
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Species Database Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)
Gabriela Agurto, CENAIM
Will it be or not? Identifying marine invertebrates
Brassica cretica Lam.
Species Database Brassica cretica Lam.
Thelypteris tetragona subsp. aberrans C.V. Morton
Species Database Thelypteris tetragona subsp. aberrans C.V. Morton
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Stegasta francisci Landry, 2010
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Racinaea insularis (Mez) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Sm.
Mara Speece/CDF
The Waved Albatross Then and Now

Possibly best known for its remoteness, giant tortoises and links with Charles Darwin, the Galápagos Islands—600 miles off the Ecuadorian coast—are also home with the magnificent Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorate), a huge bird that nests there and raises its young during nine months of the year. The largest bird in the Islands, it is the only albatross that lives in the tropics.

Navigating the quarantines in Galapagos
Preserving terrestrial ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands
Heliotropium rufipilum (Benth.) I.M.Johnst.
Species Database Heliotropium rufipilum (Benth.) I.M.Johnst.