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Orius tristicolor (White, 1879)
Species Database Orius tristicolor (White, 1879)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ghinallelia usingeri Villiers, 1970
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ghinallelia galapagensis (Heidemann, 1901)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ghinallelia leleuporum Villiers, 1970
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Ghinallelia wygodzinskyi Villiers, 1970
Eberhard Curio and Miguel Castro on the Odin, 1963. Photo courtesy: Peter Kramer, CDF.
Studying Darwin’s Finches in 1962/63
Carlos Espinosa-CDF
2026 Grant Cruise
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Corythaica darwiniana Drake & Froeschner, 1967
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Melanaethus subglaber (Walker, 1867)
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Phatnoma eremaeum Drake & Froeschner, 1967
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Corythaica wolfiana Drake & Froeschner, 1967
Marine Invasive Species Project presented at World Conservation Congress
Patricio Picón-Rentería CDF
The unknown wasps of Galapagos

Research in the Scalesia forest on Santa Cruz Island revealed more than 200 taxa of parasitoid wasps, compared with only 30 species previously reported for Galapagos. These tiny insects play essential ecological roles and highlight how much remains unknown about the archipelago’s biodiversity and fragile ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean.

Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Nesoecia cooksonii (Butler, 1877)
Bryan Perez
Climate crisis affects Galapagos small scale fisheries sector
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
Microlophus delanonis Baur, 1890
Species Database Microlophus delanonis Baur, 1890
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Halmenus cuspidatus Snodgrass, 1902
Carlos Espinosa/CDF
Species Database Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889)
Juan Manuel García
Since 1973, Peter and Rosemary Grant Have Shown That Evolution Can Be Seen in Real Time

In 1973, evolutionary scientists Peter Grant and Rosemary Grant began a research project in the Galápagos Islands that would permanently change the modern understanding of evolution.