The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 900 km (560 mi)...
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century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning "tortoise". Galápagos tortoises are native to seven of the Galápagos Islands. Shell size and shape vary...
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The Galápagos Islands are an island archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, part of Ecuador. Galápagos can also refer to: Galápagos Province, the province in...
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The Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is the only penguin found north of the equator...
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Commons has media related to Galápagos Province. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galapagos. Galapagos National Park "Galápagos Islands xeric scrub". Terrestrial...
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13 ft) long fetus from the Galapagos Islands, hence the specific epithet galapagensis. Garrick (1982) placed the Galapagos shark and the dusky shark at...
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favorable reviews". Eden (2024 film) The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden at Box Office Mojo "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden". Zeitgeist Films...
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(commonly known as the Fernandina Island Galápagos tortoise or Narborough Island giant tortoise) is a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise that was discovered in 1906...
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Darwin's finches (redirect from Galapagos Finches)
Species, Grant and Grant in PNAS Galápagos Online. Darwin's Finches. Galapagos Online. List of birds of the Galapagos Islands. Darwin's Finches Evolve...
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Galápagos syndrome (ガラパゴス化, Garapagosu-ka, / Galápagos effect) is a term of Japanese origin used in business studies to refer to an isolated development...
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Galápagos (1985) is the eleventh novel published by American author Kurt Vonnegut. Set in the Galápagos Islands after a global financial disaster, the...
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The Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galápagos Islands. The Galapágos hawk is similar in size to the red-tailed...
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The Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is a species of sea lion that lives and breeds on the Galápagos Islands and, in smaller numbers, on Isla de...
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(2010) Insight Guidebook: Ecuador & Galápagos, Insight Guides Various (2009) Lonely Planet Guide: Ecuador & the Galápagos Islands, Lonely Planet Whitten,...
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Galapagos Airport may refer to: Seymour Airport, Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador San Cristóbal Airport, San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador This...
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Sea Lions of the Galapagos is a 2025 American nature documentary film about Galápagos sea lions directed by Hugh Wilson and Keith Scholey, with narration...
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Public holidays in Ecuador (redirect from Galapagos Day)
anniversary of the annexation of the Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin's birthday are also celebrated on February 12 as Galapagos Day (dia de la Provincia or...
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Chelonoidis niger (the Galápagos tortoise) is a tortoise species endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It includes at least 14, and possibly up to 16, subspecies...
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This is a list of animals that live in the Galápagos Islands. The fauna of the Galápagos Islands include a total of 9,000 confirmed species. Of them,...
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Galápagos turtle may refer to: Galápagos green turtle, the green sea turtle population found around the Galápagos Islands, sometimes considered to be...
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In plate tectonics, the Galápagos spreading centre, Galápagos spreading center or Cocos–Nazca rift is a divergent boundary that forms the western part...
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historically vulnerable to hunting, the Galápagos fur seal has been protected by the Ecuadorian government since 1934 Galápagos fur seals are the smallest otariids...
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Marine iguana (redirect from Galapagos marine iguana)
the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Unique among modern...
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Galapagos NV (formerly known as Galapagos Genomics) is a Belgian pharmaceutical research company which was founded in 1999. Its headquarters are located...
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The Galápagos Islands are off the west coast of South America straddling the equator. The Galápagos are located at the confluence of several currents...
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Floreana Island (redirect from Floreana Galapagos)
island in the Galapagos Archipelago, and a 3,400 m submarine escarpment 10 km south of the island forms the southern boundary of the Galapagos Platform. There...
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The Galapagos crake (Laterallus spilonota), also called the Galapagos rail and Darwin's rail, is a vulnerable species of rail in subfamily Rallinae of...
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Discovery: Galapagos Colonists". Galapagos Conservancy. Retrieved 15 February 2014. White, W. M. "Colonization, Destruction, and Preservation". GALAPAGOS GEOLOGY...
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The Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is fairly common and...
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