Island Conservation
Take a trek through Floreana Island, Galapagos to meet the community, learn about the project, and explore the challenges that lie ahead. Today we are traveling to Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, but did you miss our first or second island journey? Not a problem! You can catch up to learn about the hope […]
Jennifer Kahn uncovers the challenges, nuances, and opportunities that gene drive research presents for the world in a new article published in the New York Times Magazine. Technology is constantly evolving in hopes of making our lives and our world a better place. Genetic technologies are no different and gene drives are on the forefront […]
Experts in conservation, park management, and invasive species have released a study identifying the threat invasive species pose to US National Parks and the steps necessary to prevent and control the spread of non-native species. More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat: the ongoing presence and spread of […]
Island Conservation’s Regional Executive Director of Latin America, Karl Campbell, shares his experience of removing invasive goats from Isabela Island, Galápagos. Jad – Hey I’m Jad Abumrad. Robert - I’m Robert Krulwich. This is Radiolab and today we begin on a plane which carried our newly married producer Tim Howard to the Galápagos. Tim – So I took the plane from Quito. We had […]
The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog features successes in the conservation of the Galápagos National Park and the innovative solutions Island Conservation and our partners are using. Originally Published by The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science Human introductions of pigs, goats, burros, black rats, Norway rats, house mice and house cats to the Galápagos […]
Contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation, Director of Communications:claudio.uribe@islandconservation.orgResources: Photo, B-Roll, Interviews Puerto Ayora, January 24, 2019 The Ministry of Environment through the Directorate of the Galápagos National Park (Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos – DPNG) together with the NGO Island Conservation started eradicating invasive rodents from North Seymour Island and the Mosquera Islet in January […]
WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually […]
Sarah Darwin travels with BBC news to relive her great, great grandfather Charles Darwin’s voyage to the Galápagos. In doing so, she learns about restoration efforts by Island Conservation and partners. When Charles Darwin traveled throughout the Galápagos Islands 182 years ago, he found a wide array of endemic wildlife living on the remote archipelago. Fast forward […]