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 have used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations of the Galápagos Hawk might have colonized the Galápagos islands Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Scientists at the ...

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists have used DNA sequences from feather lice to study the evolutionary history of the Galapagos hawk. University of Missouri-St. Louis researchers used the DNA ...

Studying Galápagos hawks and their lice, biologists provide some of the first field evidence for co-divergence between parasites and hosts as a major driver of biodiversity. As the birds diversify ...

A pair of mating giant tortoises were interrupted by a hawk landing on one of their shells - in one of a series of beautiful photos showing the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands. The giant ...

Protecting the fragile environment of the Galapagos islands is up to the government of Ecuador through the Galapagos National Park (which covers roughly 97% of the islands) and organizations like ...

As the world’s only sea-feeding lizard, Galapagos Marine Iguanas have long held a unique place in the animal kingdom. While most of their life is spent on land, these lizards forage the seas for their ...

WWF helped the Ecuadorian government design and implement a new ecotourism-based model for the Galápagos that supports conservation and improves people’s livelihoods. The Galápagos draws visitors to ...

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.