Galapagos islands News
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A new shark species has been discovered in the waters of the Galapagos Islands. The shark is quite small and is probably related to the dogfish family.
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One of the species of giant tortoises found on the Galapagos Islands which was believed to have become extinct around 150 years ago is still alive and well, with around 84 hybrid members living on a volcano on Isabela Island.
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The giant tortoises of Española Island in the Galapagos have stepped back from the brink of extinction, thanks to a captive breeding programme.
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Officials of the Galápagos National Park announced the release of 39 giant tortoises on Pinta Island in the Ecuadorian Galápagos archipelago where the animals had disappeared since 1972.
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Galapagos islands Headlines
 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...
Desert Island Discs celebrates its 70th birthday
 A wildlife recovery centre on Vancouver Island says it is overrun with starving animals.
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An adult Nazca booby bites and pecks an unguarded nestling; booby parents must leave their solitary chicks alone while foraging for food at sea.
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Galapagos islands Blogs
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A new record that will go down in history forever. Six year-old Lori Anne Madison, of Woodbridge, Va. is on her way...
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