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Just three years after the Galapagos Islands were placed on a UN list of endangered places, that same body has voted to remove it, saying enough progress has been made.
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The fauna of the Galapagos Islands is attracting tourists in even larger numbers. However, a mosquito carrying West Nile fever brought from the mainland with the tourists could prove more harmful to the animals than the tourists ever will.
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New Scientist reports that researchers found life much more diverse on the Antarctic islands than on the Galapagos, with a much larger variety of species.
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Seven pilot whales that came ashore on the Galapagos Islands died Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who dug makeshift pools in the sand to keep them from dehydrating. Five other whales in the group were returned to the ocean.
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SANTA FE ISLAND, Galapagos - An attempt began today
to remove the wreck of the bulk carrier Jessica, which sank off the Galapagos
Islands a week ago causing an oil spill that has threatened the unique eco-
system made famous by Darwin, announced the...
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 Giant tortoises carrying DNA from a species believed extinct for 150 years are living in a remote part of the Galapagos Islands, raising hopes the original species is alive.
A Panamanian teenager who spent 28 days on a boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean returns home after being rescued off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands.
A type of giant tortoise, observed in the Galapagos Islands in 1853 by Charles Darwin but thought to have been extinct for 150 years, is apparently alive and well. This news, from a team of biologists at Yale University, would be welcomed by conservationists, and...
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Richard Gere may be adopting a new cause: the preservation of the Galapagos Islands.
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Main: Times - Back from the dead canoeist John Darwin and wife Anne are sentenced to more than a total of 12 years...
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