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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.

Galapagos Research Issue 70
Mimus macdonaldi Ridgway, 1890
Species Database Mimus macdonaldi Ridgway, 1890
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Podilymbus podiceps Linnaeus, 1758
My Experience Rearing Flies in Galapagos
Rashid Cruz/CDF
Doña Pili's Legacy

26 Years of Commitment and Wisdom at the CDF

Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839)
Species Database Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1839)
Flying the island skies
Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Between Boom and Bust Cycles: How Much are Galapagos Mangroves Worth?
Eight Mangrove Finches Returned Home
Mimus melanotis Gould, 1837
Species Database Mimus melanotis Gould, 1837
A New Season of Mangrove Finches Fighting for Survival
Certhidea fusca Sclater & Salvin, 1870
Species Database Certhidea fusca Sclater & Salvin, 1870
Data Detectives: twenty-two years of change in Galapagos highland vegetation communities
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Avipoxvirus Fowlpox virus
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Pluvialis dominica (Statius Muller, 1776)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ardenna grisea Gmelin, 1789
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Puffinus griseus Gmelin, 1789
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Joshua Vela/CDF
A noisy invader

The tree frog arrived in the Galápagos Islands in the late 1990s. This species, resistant to salinity and drought, has rapidly established itself in urban, agricultural, and natural areas and is now considered an invasive species. But little is known about this little yet loud amphibian...