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PUNTA CEVALLOS, Galapagos Islands -- Diego Santiago slowly reached the long pole up the rocky slope and slipped the noose around the hawk's neck. A step behind Santiago, the slope dropped 100 feet ...
A mystery around endangered pink iguana hatchlings was solved when researchers found some on Galápagos and identified threats to their existence.
But Galapagos hawk populations declined, apparently because the denser vegetation made hunting more difficult and because of the loss of goat carrion.
Galapagos Hawk's Evolutionary History Illuminated Date: October 5, 2007 Source: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Summary: Scientists used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations ...
After over 10 months of searching, researchers at Galápagos National Park have found juvenile pink iguanas, part of an endangered species. Previously, only adult or subadult pink iguanas were ...
Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats.
Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats.
Scientists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations of their host, the Galápagos Hawk might have colonized the Galápagos ...
NATURAL HISTORY GALÁPAGOS PETREL } Pterodroma phaeopygia FAMILY: Procellariidae DESCRIPTION: Reaching about 43 centimeters in length, the Galápagos petrel is a large, long-winged gadfly petrel that is ...
A juvenile red-tailed hawk that was injured on the Syracuse University campus by flying into a window is released back into the wild at nearby Oakwood Cemetery. The bird's cage was opened by ...
Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats.