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Recently, we had the chance to catch up with Swen Lorenz, the Executive Director of the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), which operates the Charles Darwin Research Station on the island of Santa Cruz, about his organization’s work, why the Galapagos Islands matter, and what it’s like living in paradise.
For the first time ever, conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have hand-reared a species of bird in an effort to save it from impending extinction.
via Halesowen News This gorgeous tiger from England’s Dudley Zoo has been chosen as the face of this year’s International Tiger Day tomorrow, July 29, 2014. The Sumatran tigress, Daseep, is vital in bringing her species back from the brink and is rated as the world’s second most important genetic Sumatran female.
Outside Magazine recently profiled a new way poachers are using technology to locate species such rhinos in the wild. What technology you ask? The GPS coordinates from your travel photos. Learn what you can do as a traveler to help stop wildlife crime.
Meet Raju the elephant. For the past 50 years, Raju was living in a nightmare of cruelty and suffering in Allahabad, India. He was poached when he was a young calf and cycled through many abusive owners throughout his life.
Palm oil has been in the news a lot lately. Commonly used in the food industry, it has been touted as a healthier alternative to many other oils.
In May 2014 at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Scientific Committee annual meeting in Bled, Slovenia, the government of Japan officially announced its intentions to resume what it calls the “scientific whaling” of minkes in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary near Antarctica in the 2015-2016 season.
I didn’t expect to embark on a career in conservation. The idea once made me picture wading in marshes clad with binoculars and a birding vest. Now, working for WWF in Laos has changed all that. My work has taken me to Vientiane, a rural city bordered on the west by the Mekong river.
One hundred years ago this year, the last passenger pigeon on Earth died in the Cincinnati Zoo. A female named Martha, she has now become an icon for species extinction.
Thanks to passionate conservationists, animals, such as tigers and black rhinos, have been brought back from the edge of extinction. Other animals, at-risk to an array of threats, get much-needed protection, too.
NOTE FROM ED: Looks like this was started but never finished. Looks like it could be ready to go with a little formatting. We often attribute Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to his visit to the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
No, it’s not the name of a monster from one of those Godzilla movies, nor is it the name of a European shelving unit that you’d find at Ikea. IGTOA stands for the International Galapagos Tour Operator’s Association and is wholly dedicated to the conservation and lasting protection of the Galapagos Islands.
