UNC researchers Alan Jones and Corbin Jones recently received a $1.2m grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research over 4 years to better understand the genetic characteristics of grasses across Ecuador – including the Galapagos – and … Continued

Although the first reptiles were apparently adapted to live on land, multiple lineages of reptiles have reinvaded freshwater and marine environments throughout history. Today, the adaptive success of reptiles in terrestrial environments has led to fewer than 8% of the … Continued

UNC Center for Galapagos Studies is excited to be collaborating with Morehead Planetarium and Science Center on its first ever Virtual Science Expo as part of UNC Science Week! UNC Science Week will run from April 12 – 17 as … Continued

  This last year has shown the importance and power of community. Through funds raised during GiveUNC 2020, UNC Center for Galapagos Studies partnered with Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) as well as the Galapagos Science Center (GSC) to create REACCT (Re-Activating … Continued

Dr. John Bruno, Professor in the Department of Biology at UNC, is the co-author of a recent publication looking into pencil sea urchin populations in Galapagos and how they adapt to their local temperature. Lead author and GSC researcher Isabel … Continued

There are so many reasons to love the Galapagos. Hear from some of our students and researchers why they love these precious islands and can’t wait to get back to the Galapagos to continue their research and adventures! “Rameses loves … Continued

UNC researchers Scott Gifford, Harvey Seim and Adrian Marchetti as well as MS candidate Liang Zhao have recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology in a paper titled “Microbial Niche Diversification in the Galapagos Archipelago and Its response to El Niño.” … Continued