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Galapagos Archive Jan 07 PDF Print E-mail

Here are links to Galapagos news stories archived January 2007. If the link does not work, copy the URL and paste it into your browser. News pages rarely stay on-line for long, so please contact Jungle Photos if you find any broken links. (Disclaimer: Jungle Photos is not responsible for the content of external websites. Some linked pages may not be suitable for young children.)



Jan 28

How Darwinist Myths are Spread (Part II)
Discovery Institute - Seattle, WA, USA
Johnson even recounts six established examples of natural selection, including the Galapagos finches: "There is no reason to doubt that peculiar...

Jan 27

An Arts & Culture Magazine
UpstageMagazine.com - Belmar, NJ, USA
Recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he has at least one more adventure left to accomplish - going kayaking and camping in the Galapagos Islands.

Jan 24

Trading Galapagos for Towson, he finds a little bit of paradise
Towson Times - Towson,MD,USA
Before relocating to the Galapagos, he lived and worked in Guyana as a fundraising and communications consultant for the Iwokrama International Centre for ...

Jan 22

Lonely Planet says seize the days
Reuters.uk - UK
Attend the Thousand Camel Festival in the remote Gobi desert, head to the Galapagos Islands, or just take in a concert at lunchtime. ...

Jan 21

Life up close
Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA
Once tortoises roamed free on each of the Galapagos islands, work at the Charles Darwin Research Station is striving to return viable populations to each ...
NATURE IN SHORT / Even in my cozy library, I feel the pull of the ...
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
My bird guides number in the dozens and cover places, such as the Galapagos Islands, I've never even been to. I have specialized guidebooks in Japanese for ...

Jan 18

Guardian Unlimited: Travelog
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The recent discovery of a rat in the Galapagos archipelago, alleged to have arrived on British cruise liner MV Discovery, has alarmed conservationists.

Jan 15

Measuring your life in turtle years
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA
Many, they predict, such as the Galapagos tortoise, will be extinct within 10 years unless extreme measures are taken immediately.
Penguins hide in plain sight
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The rest live along the coastlines of South America and southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and even thrive near the equator, on the Galapagos ...

Jan 14

Teacher's view of Ecuador is rosier after visit
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
I had not planned to visit Ecuador, but a trip to the Galapagos in 2004 required a stopover in Quito, and after two days in Latin America's second-highest ...
Galapagos islands
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Adventure Associates, true Galapagos experts, have specialized in offering a variety of Galapagos cruises for discerning travellers for many years.
Small-ship adventures invite you to take a hike
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Two of By Sea's programs are exclusively for hiking--in the Galapagos and Sicily. All but two of the cruise/hike holidays also include biking.

Jan 10

BBCWW ships 40 hours to New Zealand
C21Media - London,England,UK
She added that Galapagos, a BBC NHU/National Geographic copro, is "a real programming milestone in its cinematic treatment of the natural history genre" and...
Fox Tech teacher wins trip to Galapagos
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
"I did a lot of research on the Galapagos [Islands]. To be honest, I didn't even know where it was when I first looked at it," Medellin said...
BBC sells package to New Zealand
Variety (subscription) - USA
The programs include "Doctor Who" spinoff "Torchwood," ITV event drama "Primeval" and wildlife skein "Galapagos." "There is a huge demand for quality...
Paul sets up tour firm in Ecuador
Leamington Spa Today - UK
Leamington man Paul Hagendyk has set up a company offering adventure holidays in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. He plans to take people to climb and...
A rat, insects and litter: delights of mass tourism reach Galapagos
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It was only a single creature, but it had no business being on the island of Santa Fe in the isolated Galapagos archipelago, where conservationists now...
TVNZ Takes BBC Drama and Factual Titles
World Screen News - New York,NY,USA
The package deal is led by the dramas Torchwood and Primeval along with the natural history series Galapagos. Torchwood is a 13x50-minute series produced...
Fall in Love with a Turtle!
Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA
ATLANTA — Explore the gorgeous islands of the Galapagos Archipelago as the Center for Puppetry Arts presents Galapagos George,...
BBC Drama and Factual Titles Head to TVNZ
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Led by spectacular new dramas Torchwood and Primeval, and natural history series Galapagos, the agreement will provide the national broadcaster with more...
A trip that changed lives
Niles Daily Star - Niles,MI,USA
During their trip, the students visited Quito, Ecuador's capital, the Galapagos Islands and the equator. They also toured a university, a Coca-Cola factory,...

Jan 8

Some COC Students Earn Credits Abroad
Signal - Santa Clarita, CA, USA
In a separate and unrelated trip, a second group of students will be heading to Quito, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands to study Spanish and biology...

Jan 7

Counterinsurgency: The Great Goat War
Newsweek - USA
No creature has done more to sully the pristine ecology of the biggest island of the Galapagos. First introduced by whalers back in the 1700s...

Jan 5

Father and They
The Daily Star - Dhaka, Bangladesh
"I want to do a research on the big lizards of the Galapagos Islands, a research on the successors of the dinosaurs. I was thinking about it for a few days.
Tread softly among the iguanas
Financial Times - London, England, UK
Would the marine and bird-life of the Galapagos survive if the Humboldt current ceased to deliver its vast load of nutrients?
iExplore Announces Top Ten World Travel Destinations in 2006
eNewsChannels - Torrance, CA, USA<
Bumped from last year's top ten were the Galapagos Islands (#12), New Zealand (#17) and France (#43).
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