ABC News: Previously extinct bird, gecko populations from the Galapagos Islands have reappeared
Two species that were previously extinct on the Galapagos Islands have reappeared a decade after an invasive predator population was eradicated
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Newsweek: ‘Extinct’ Creatures Appear on Galapagos Island After 5,000 Years
This article is a reprint from Newsweek published on December 12, 2022 by Aristos Georgiou. You can find the press release about the species recovery here. A “healthy” population of geckos has been documented on one of the Galápagos Islands where the reptiles had been considered locally extinct. Scientists observed the geckos on Rábida Island […]
Studying the Diverse Snakes of the Galápagos
The second phase of the research project on the diversity of endemic Galápagos snakes has begun. In November of 2016, the Galápagos National Park Directorate of the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, Island Conservation, and the University of Massey, New Zealand, started the second phase of a project on the diversity of a group of […]