Author: Fernando Diez
In the Galapagos, travelers trade traffic and screen time for playful swims with sea lions and up-close encounters with penguins, tortoises, dolphins, and iguanas. But pair that with an Amazon River expedition, and you’ve got something even more extraordinary: the closest thing to an African wildlife safari in the Western …
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According to special edition of National Geographic Magazine, TORRES DEL PAINE National Park was chosen as the 5th most beautiful place in the world. For many, Torres del Paine is probably the world's most spectacular national park. Its unrivaled landscapes of crazy jagged peaks, remarkable…
Summer is officially here! Get those barbecues out and put on an apron, because its time for some “Pinchos de Camaron”. These tasty grilled shrimp skewers or “pinchos de camaron” as we know them in Ecuador, are made with shrimp, marinated in a spicy passion…
Today marks the one year anniversary since they found Lonesome George dead in his corral at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the morning of June 24, 2012. To the scientists and his devoted caretakers, they had hoped Lonesome George would live for decades, and…
On Thursday, March 14, The Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS) moved the body of the giant tortoise 'Lonesome George' from Baltra Island to the coastal port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador. From Guayaquil, the body will be transferred to the American Museum of Natural History…
Scientists consider there are at least 17 species of Galapagos tortoises on the Islands that have similar genes to those of Lonesome George and, according to the Galapagos National Park, they believe that George's death (on June 24, 2012) may not mean it is the…
Rats are considered an invasive species in Galapagos and today they represent one of the greatest threats to the ecosystem of the islands. These rodents were brought to the islands over the course of several centuries aboard the ships of pirates, whalers and buccaneers who…