Via Scoop.it – Wildlife Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of spotted, bottom-dwelling shark near the Galapagos Islands, where astonished researchers saw it from a submersible. The newly named species, Bythaelurus … Via discoverystudentadventures.blogspot.fr
Category: Galapagos Islands
Randy
Mar 27
|10:08
Via Scoop.it – Wildlife WyoFileLessons of the GalapagosWyoFileThe finches and mockingbirds, on the other hand, colonized individual islands, thence to adapt to the unique conditions of each. Via wyofile.com
Randy
Feb 6
|18:27
The Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles west of Ecuador, have become more and more popular in recent years as interest in nature and adventure travel has exploded. This small group of mid-oceanic islands, known as an archipelago, are famous for having inspired 19th Century explorer Charles Darwin’s famous Origin of [...]
Randy
Mar 17
|14:29
As reported in our initial Galapagos tsunami update, there were fortunately no reported injuries of either residents or visitors in the Galapagos Islands as a result of the Japan tsunami. However some buildings did incur flooding, as did the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora, on Santa Cruz Island. The marine lab located right [...]
Randy
Mar 12
|17:04
The tsunami in Japan has created numerous episodes of lesser tsunamis throughout the Pacific Basin, and the Galapagos Islands are no exception. Fortunately, the resulting Galapagos tsunami was significantly reduced in magnitude from Japan and elsewhere. All of IWA’s Galapagos cruise partners moved their boats into deeper water and monitored alert networks as to the [...]
Marie
Mar 1
|13:06
Most people who visit the Galapagos Islands travel among the islands via small cruise ships – an excellent way to explore this otherworldly archipelago. On a cruise, you sleep and eat on the ship, and disembark on some of the islands, depending on the ship’s itinerary. For a completely different Galapagos experience, you have another [...]
komang
Oct 10
|22:38
Galapagos visitors now have a choice, our land-based program or our many Galapagos cruise options. ‘Sea sensitive’ travelers or those that prefer to spend more time on the islands will enjoy these land based programs 173 years ago, Charles Darwin had no choice but to tour the Galapagos by boat. Today you do! The Red [...]
Randy
Jun 1
|21:52
May 2010 “The best laid plans of . . . “ I had intended on writing a blog about this incredible journey as it unfolded. I saw myself diligently writing every night, if not in blog format at least notes of what the day held. But, here it is already our sixth day in Ecuador [...]
