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Island Conservation
Researchers call attention to the speciation of a Galápagos Finch, a process seemingly accelerated by hybridization with a non-native finch. Speciation is an evolutionary process in which small genetic changes lead to an entirely new species. For the first time, researchers have been able to watch this process unfold in the field. Normally this process […]
Research discovers that Diego the Giant Tortoise has helped to save his species from extinction by fathering hundreds of baby tortoises. All was well with Espanola Giant Tortoises (Chelonoidis hoodensis) in the Galápagos–until invasive rats were introduced by pirates and infiltrated the island ecosystem. The presence of rats made reproduction extremely difficult and often unsuccessful […]