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On the Web
- Galapagos Islands Tour Guide - Information about the Galapagos Islands, history, wildlife, travel facts and tours available.
- Galapagos-Islands.net - Information about each island that makes up the Achipelago as well as history on how they were discovered and their development.
- Galapagos Islands Natural History - Large collection of information and images covering geologic origin, volcanoes, reptiles, land and water birds, and human history of the Galapagos. Includes a large bibliography.
- Conservation and Preservation of the Galapagos National Park - Shows the challenges, problems and responses of the Galapagos Islands, an ecological treasure that is in a deep crisis.
- Up Close...Way Up Close - Travel article and photo gallery on how to explore the major islands in a one-week visit to the Galapagos.
- Galasam Galapagos Cruises - Galapagos tour operator company based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Discover the Galapagos Islands on board of one of the six yachts operated in the archipelago.
- NMNH Galapagos Expedition - Discover information about a project conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Provides information about the islands and research, photo journal and video footage.
- Unigalapagos - Tour operator and travel agency based in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Offers Galapagos cruises, diving tours, yachts charters, and land exploring.
- The Galapagos Islands at the Rochester Institute of Technology - Find details and photos of expeditions led by Dr. Robert Rothman of the Department of Biological Sciences. Features slide show and information on the natural history of the islands.
- Marine Expeditions Galapagos Islands - A one week cruise to the Galapagos Islands, photographs and commentary by R.G.Daniel.
Wikipedia Articles
- Galapagos Rise - The Galapagos Rise is a divergent boundary located between the South American coast and the triple junction of the Nazca Plate, the Cocos Plate, and the Pacific Plate. The volcanically active Galapagos Islands exist on a hotspot above the Galapagos Rise.
- Albatross Foundation USA - The Albatross Foundation USA (Fundación Ecológica Albatros) is a non-profit, community-based organization, which was initiated and is led by residents of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno in San Cristóbal Island, the administrative capital of the Galápagos Islands Province of the Republic of Ecuador. The Albatross Foundation is committed to the protection of the Galapagos land and marine environments and the diversity of the islands’ ecosystems through an educational project which aims to equip the youth of the Galapagos with the enthusiasm, commitment and scientific knowledge that they will need to play a full and constructive role in the future of the ...
- Galapagos Rail - The Galapagos Rail, Laterallus spilonotus, is a small rail endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It closely resembles the closely related Black Rail of The Americas.
- Galapagos shark - The Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, is a species of requiem shark that was first named in 1905 after specimens were found in the seas around the Galapagos Islands.
- Galapagos Microplate - The Galapagos Microplate is a small tectonic plate off the west coast of South America near the Galapagos Islands. It differs from most other crustal plates in that it is rotating clockwise between three much larger crustal plates around it, the Nazca, Cocos and Pacific Plates.