A multi-institutional team of scientists from the Galapagos Science Center, Georgia Aquarium, MigraMar, the Galapagos Whale Shark Project and the Galapagos National Park Directorate recently concluded a groundbreaking research expedition to tag and track several key migratory marine species in … Continued

Journalist and professor Patrick Davison led a group of students from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC – Chapel Hill) to visit San Cristobal Island, Galapagos in March 2022 as … Continued

UNC researcher Dr. John Bruno and Dr. Margarita Brandt of USFQ are partnering on a three year, one million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to untangle the interactive roles of temperature, nutrient flux, and predation in structuring the … Continued

This year for International Women’s Day, Galapagos Science Center (GSC) Maria de Lourdes Torres shares her work on an emerging project at the GSC: the Biobank Initiative.  Maria de Lourdes is the Head of the Biotechnology Department at Universidad San … Continued

“It is the first successful DNA sequencing ever achieved in Isabela. We made history!” Such was the joy of Diana Pazmiño, a scientist from the Galapagos Science Center, and the laboratory team: Emma Flor, Janina Luzón, Sandra Landazuri and Kimberly … Continued

Born and raised in the Galapagos, I have plenty of reasons to love this place. Not only this is where most of my greatest childhood memories are but is also the place that inspired me to become what I am … Continued

Esteban Agudo is a 3rd year PhD student in UNC Chapel Hill’s Biology department. For Valentine’s Day this year, Esteban shares why he loves the Galapagos Islands.  Conducting science in Galapagos is – of course – the dream for any … Continued

Dr. Stephen J. Walsh is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor and Research Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as the founding Emeritus Director of the Center for Galapagos Studies and the Galapagos Science … Continued

For more than 10 years, the UNC Center for Galápagos Studies has been a hub of collaborative research activity spanning many disciplines, with the potential to impact the globe. Diego Riveros-Iregui and Amanda Thompson, the center’s new interim co-directors, strive … Continued