Now a recent study in the journal PLOS One reveals yet another location where microplastics have been identified — inside the bodies of Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus), which are ...

Why do the Galapagos Islands of South America and the ... Why does the Arctic have polar bears and Antarctica penguins? These patterns impressed Darwin deeply. To him, they argued that species ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

Notable species on the island include Darwin’s finches, fur seals, flightless cormorants, and the well-known Galápagos penguins endemic to Galápagos. Course costs do not cover personal expenses, such ...

(ENN) -- Add the Galapagos penguin to the steadily growing list of species whose numbers have significantly declined because of El Niño-related events. The increasing number and strength of warm ...

Swim with sea turtles in Santa Cruz - these gentle giants are hundreds of years old and are endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

In fact, the region is home to 45 types of marine birds and 22 land birds you won't see anywhere else (think: Galapagos penguins and Darwin's finches), not to mention other unique species like ...

The Galápagos Islands are a protected area because of their unique wildlife, including marine iguanas, tortoises, green turtles, sea cucumbers, flightless cormorants, and the Galápagos penguin ...

Additionally, Isabela Island is where several endangered or critically endangered species (such as the Galápagos penguin, the flightless cormorant and the mangrove finch) reside, and 16 kinds of ...