In November 2022, a group of scientists embarked on a marine expedition to the Galapagos Islands to measure ocean conditions, the health of local wildlife like sea lions and marine iguanas, the impact of plastics on the environment, and more. … Continued

Learn about the history, objectives, methods, and preliminary results The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity and have been the subject of scientific study since the time of Charles Darwin in the 1830s. This extraordinary biodiversity is due to … Continued

    In the fall of 2021, Dani Alarcón, a researcher from the Galapagos Science Center, and Hector Guzman, senior scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, first set out to tag blue whales off the coast of the Galapagos … Continued

Bolstering its current research and service in the Galapagos Islands, NC State is joining the International Galapagos Science Consortium, a group of institutions dedicated to studying and preserving the famed archipelago through collaborative, interdisciplinary research…

The World Summit on Island Sustainability was held from June 26 to 30, 2022 in San Cristobal, Galapagos to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Galapagos Science Center (GSC), a collaboration between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill … 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

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

Hear Carson Mays, UNC Chapel Hill ’21 graduate, explain how studying abroad in Ecuador and specifically the Galapagos changed his perspective for the better. After 2 1/2 years studying Environmental Science at UNC, I was growing a bit fatigued. I … Continued