Field Notes

July 7, 2017

Tequila Sunrise? Or Floreana Sunrise?

Island Conservation’s Legal and Administrative Specialist Carolina Torres Trueba shares a powerful experience on Floreana Island and explains why she…

May 9, 2017

Living Permanently in the Galápagos

Gloria Salvador, Island Conservation Floreana Project Facilitator, shares with National Geographic how the daily life of a Galápagos resident is a…

May 4, 2017

Why I Became a Wildlife Veterinarian

Paula Castaño, an Island Restoration Specialist for Island Conservation and a trained wildlife veterinarian, shares with National Geographic how she…

April 11, 2017

Conservation Biology in the Classroom

Island Conservation Restoration Specialist Mele Khalsa visits a Hawaiian charter school classroom to educate students on native seabirds and the…

March 9, 2017

Surveying the Marquesas Islands

Marquesas: Part Three. By: Jason Zito Kaoha nui/Bonjour/Hi from the Marquesas everyone! I’m writing this from paradisiacal Fatu-hiva, the southern-most…

February 27, 2017

Exploring the Marquesas Islands

Marquesas: Part Two. By: Richard Griffiths Kaoha nui! The team recently spent three days on Eiao and Hatuta’a, Marquesas Islands.…