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Feb 29
Socially Speaking
Garden City News - NY, USA
You can visit the Galapagos Islands without leaving this area if you
attend the March 9th Fireside Chat at Clark Botanic Garden.
Full Text
Science Magazine (subscription) - USA
The Galapagos regularly experience large fluctuations in climate,
largely controlled by El Nino events, and the vegetation changes
accordingly.
Contest: Win tickets to Neon Lights show in Brooklyn this Saturday
Prefixmag - Brooklyn, NY, USA
Well, our first show of 2008 is this Saturday, March 1st at the
Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Being a fan of
synergy, and being the one in ...
Feb 28
Galapagos moves rheumatoid arthritis program to pre-clinical ...
Forbes - NY, USA
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Galapagos NV said it has moved the
first drug from its rheumatoid arthritis program into the pre-clinical
development phase...
Galapagos announces pre-clinical candidates and clinical plans in ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
Mechelen, Belgium; 28 February 2008 - Galapagos NV (Euronext &
LSE: GLPG) announced today that it has selected pre-clinical candidates in
its rheumatoid ...
Getting Away From It All In the Falkland Islands
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Naturalists often compare the Falkland Islands to the Galapagos
Islands because of the widely diverse collection of wildlife that make it
their homes.
Conversing the Galapagos
Scientific American - USA
Wind and solar power will do away with oil spills at the Galapagos,
one of the science's most historic sites. Cynthia Graber reports.
...
Galapagos Expects FY07 Consolidate Revenues To Exceed Guidance
RTT News - Williamsville, NY, USA
2/27/2008 2:41:16 PM Galapagos NV (GLPG.L), a drug discovery
company, on Wednesday said its 2007 full year consolidated Group revenues
would exceed the high ...
Galapagos trading update
FOXBusiness - USA
Mechelen, Belgium; 27 February 2008 - Galapagos NV (Euronext &
LSE: GLPG) will announce 2007 results in which full year consolidated Group
revenues exceed ...
Feb 27
Galapagos says sees 2007 sales to exceed high end of guidance
Forbes - NY, USA
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Galapagos NV said it expects 2007
revenues to exceed the high end of the guidance of 64 mln eur and that it
expects the coming ...
Discover the Wonder and Intrigue of the Galapagos Islands
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills, CA, USA
As you approach the Galapagos Islands from afar, they appear almost
desolate. Rough, rocky and jagged from years of volcanic activity (past and
present)...
Feb 26
GSK to Develop Vaccinex Antibody
FDA news (subscription) - Falls Church,VA, USA
... to treat respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. It also
entered alliances with Santaris Pharma, Galapagos and OncoMed
Pharmaceuticals last December.
Caltech Screens "Wild Secrets – Galapagos"
Pasadena Now - Pasadena, CA, USA
"Wild Secrets – Galapagos: Evolution at the Speed of
Light," a high-definition film, will be presented followed by a live
discussion with Caltech scientist ...
This is Our Music" Series to Debut at Galapagos Art
All About Jazz - Philadelphia, PA, USA
"This Is Our Music," a new monthly series at the Galapagos
Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will debut on Wednesday, March 5, from
8PM until 1AM.
Feb 25
Pasadena Calendar
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena, CA, USA
Dave Garfinkle presents "A week in the Galapagos Islands."
This free talk with slides begins at 7:30 pm at Distant Lands, 56 S.
Raymond Ave., Pasadena.
Treasure islands
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX, USA
Our primary destination is the Galapagos Islands, a two-week sail to
the southwest across a thousand miles of open water. Andrew and Francesca
know what ...
Feb 23
Ecuador President Backs Wind-Energy Park
Forbes - NY, USA
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa toured a new
wind-energy park in the Galapagos Islands on Monday, promoting an
initiative to ...
The BBC Takes Us To The Ganges On DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD
TVShowsOnDVD.com - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This past October the folks at BBC Video took us on a wonderful trip to the
Galapagos Islands. Continuing in that vein, they now take us on a
wonderful tour ...
Feb 22
53 Galapagos Sea Lions found dead in the Galapagos
Wildlife Extra - Hereford, England, UK
The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) has expressed its horror over the
recent killing of 53 Galapagos sea lions on Pinta Island. The CDF
also expressed its ...
Review: Sharkwater
Mirror.co.uk - London, UK
Narrated by and starring Rob Stewart, we follow the self-proclaimed shark
nut as he joins eco warriors to take on fishermen in the Galapagos
islands and ...
Sharkwater - we can stop shark fin trade
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Rob Stewart In August of 1999, I was a 19-year-old photographer on
assignment to photograph sharks in the Galapagos Islands. Instead of
finding sharks in ...
Schools, library share science adventures
Hingham Journal - MA, USA
As a result, last October she traveled to the rich environment of the
Galapagos Islands, a designated World Heritage site off the coast of
Ecuador.
First wind turbines on Galapagos Islands will halve diesel imports ...
Biology News Net (press release) - QC, Canada
Galapagos Petrel In January 2001, the world held its breath when the
tanker Jessica, loaded with 150000 gallons of fuel, struck a reef and began
breaking up ...
Feb 21
First Galapagos Wind Turbines to Halve Diesel Imports
Environment News Service - USA
QUITO, Ecuador, February 20, 2008 (ENS) - To celebrate the 500th
anniversary of the Galapagos' Islands discovery, Ecuador's
President Rafael Correa Monday ...
DUMBO Gets Smarter By Going to SEED
Upstate House - NY, USA
... Consolidated Edison Inc., Community Energy Inc., New York State
Energy Research and Development Authority, Galapagos Art Space and
Recycle-a-Bicycle.
Rare Galapagos tortoises set for relocation
International Animal Rescue - Uckfield, England, UK
Experts and conservationists on the Galapagos Islands will make a
pioneering effort to boost the populations of some of the archipelago's
rarest tortoises.
Feb 20
Ecuador President Backs Wind-Energy Park
Houston Chronicle - United States
2008 AP QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's President Rafael Correa toured a
new wind-energy park in the Galapagos Islands on Monday, promoting
an initiative to ...
Sir David Attenborough signs on for his fans
The Star - UK
On his 80th birthday, in 2006, Sir David was on the Galapagos
islands filming giant tortoises, including the famous Lonesome George who
was around the same ...
Disappearing tortoises: Playing God in the Galapagos
Independent - London, England, UK
Later this year, these animals will be the stars in one of the boldest
conservation initiatives ever attempted in the Galapagos, the
best-preserved tropical ...
Following in Darwin's footsteps
Montreal Gazette - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
24, and I was hosting a group of McGill alumni on a five-day tour of the
Galapagos (yes, I know it's hard work, but someone's got to
do it! ...
Blue Water Rally visits the Galapagos
Sail World - Mandalong, NSW, Australia
Following a trouble-free and timely transit of the Panama Canal, the next
destination for the Blue Water Rally is the Galapagos Islands –
Darwin’s Enchanted ...
"Green" Vacations And Destinations
CBS News - New York, NY, USA
Galapagos Islands: Great destination situated 600 miles west of
Ecuador in the Pacific; you can discover the very natural islands.
...
Plankton kills iron fertilization project due to environmental ...
Mongabay.com - USA
Planktos had planned to dump tons of iron dust in waters near the
Galapagos islands. Planktos claimed it was a victim of "a
highly effective disinformation ...
Audbon Society offers activities
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia, PA, USA
“Animal Games,” for ages 3 to 5; “Windy Weather,” for grades 1 to
3; teacher naturalist training; a free virtual tour of the Galapagos
at 7 pm March 11; ...
Feb 19
First wind turbines on Galapagos Islands will halve diesel imports ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
While scores of wildlife required cleaning by Galapagos National
Park Service staff and volunteers, the wind and currents stepped in to
narrowly avert an ...
Ecuador president promotes renewable wind energy in Galapagos Islands
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
AP QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa toured a new
wind-energy park in the Galapagos Islands on Monday, promoting an
initiative to ...
Sharks get the fin end of the wedge
Times Online - UK
But no sooner had I started shooting, I discovered long-line fishing in the
Ecuadorian marine reserve in the Galapagos, the last sanctuary for
sharks.
What Would David Do?
New York Times Blogs - New York, NY, USA
But here is the thing: we are going to the Galapagos in late May,
and this Canon just ain’t gonna cut it for those animals. I am SERIOUSLY
tempted to buy a ...
Ecuador to boost renewable energy on Galapagos Islands
Thaindian.com - Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Quito, Feb 19 (Xinhua) Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has proposed to
free the country’s Galapagos Islands from polluting fuels by 2015
and boost wind ...
With right skills, young people will create more innovations
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
From Isaac Newton's discoveries as a 23-year-old that formed the basis
for calculus, to Charles Darwin, who surveyed the Galapagos Islands
at age 26...
US & WORLD
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX, USA
The Galapagos, about 620 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are home to
unique plant and animal species that inspired Charles Darwin's ideas on
evolution.
Feb 18
James Le Fanu: Doctor's diary
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Next, at about 190 years, comes the giant tortoise of the Galapagos
Islands, on which Charles Darwin had a famously bumpy ride. "I
frequently got on their ...
On the endangered list – because of greed for =A3170-per-lb soup
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Unlike most other sharks, the scalloped hammerhead swims in large schools
which tend to congregate in specific locations, such as the
Galapagos Islands and ...
Hammerhead shark added to endangered list
Metro - London, UK
The species swims in schools which tend to gather in specific places like
the Galapagos Islands. The fear is that a fish APing vessel
stumbling across a ...
Feb 17
How to submit photos
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH, USA
... photos online at cleveland.com/travel. Mary Gavin-Wagner of
Mentor had a close encounter with a blue-footed booby when she visited the
Galapagos Islands.
The Dugout: Dedicated to Cockfighting
AOL SPORTS - New York, NY, USA
ReadOnlyMemory: Well, if we ever do Galapagos
Flightless-Birdfighting you can call dibs on the Phillie Phanatic. I'll
even let you use the ATV.
New York: Nightlife
MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL, USA
But my absolute top choice is Galapagos Art Space, also in Brooklyn,
a performance art space with a drinking solution devised to help pay the
bills.
Feb 16
Planktos Pulls the Plug on Ocean Fertilization
LiveScience.com - New York, NY, USA
I wrote a story back in June about the criticism from environmental groups
levied at Planktos, Inc.’s plans to dump iron dust near the
Galapagos Islands.
Feb 15
Museum plans once-in-a-lifetime artistic tribute to Charles Darwin
Times Online - UK
In the other commemorative initiative, the Natural History Museum is
sending 12 artists to the Galapagos islands to help to focus the
world’s attention on ...
All change for Ecuador
Fifa.com - USA
... with a new era in Ecuadorian football, the country suddenly
world famous for something besides its geographical location and the
Galapagos Islands.
Feb 14
Welsh unsung pioneer of evolution theory
ic Wales - United Kingdom
But Welsh scientist Alfred Wallace should also come to mind, says Mike
Green CHARLES DARWIN’S journey to the Galapagos and the
discoveries he made there are ...
Feb 13
Wyndham Q4 profit brings sunny forecast
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com - Trenton, NJ, USA
BY JOSEPH R. PERONE The most exotic vacation Stephen Holmes ever took was a
trip to the Galapagos Islands. The volcanic cluster off the coast of
South ...
Along the coast of Ecuador: Manta
MLive.com - MI, USA
Editor's note: Sarah Losinski, back in Michigan now and preparing to
leave for Africa, is posting bits about her recent trip to the
Galapagos Islands she ...
Feb 12
A futbol game in Quito
MLive.com - MI, USA
Editor's note: Sarah Losinski, back in Michigan now and preparing to
leave for Africa, is posting bits about her recent trip to the
Galapagos Islands she ...
Swimming with sharks (one man's unfashionable crusade)
Independent - London, England, UK
Swimming off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, which inspired Charles
Darwin's theory of evolution, the young Canadian wildlife photographer
came across a ...
A futbol game in Quito
MLive.com - MI, USA
Editor's note: Sarah Losinski, back in Michigan now and preparing to
leave for Africa, is posting bits about her recent trip to the
Galapagos Islands she ...
The People of San Cristobal
MLive.com - MI, USA
Though the Galapagos are viewed by most of the world as a paradise
oasis famous for its biodiversity and biological history, the
Galapagos are home to ...
Charles Darwin Photoshop Tennis Update
Wired News - USA
The Father of Evolution is now sporting a few suitably bearded iguanas and
a fresh Galapagos backdrop. Head on over and add your own layer!
...
Latin America Travel Blog launched by Latin Excursions
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien, Austria
... Ecuador, Galapagos and Peru. The travel company has also
won awards as Travel+Leisure's A-list of top 125 travel consultants for
2005, 2006 and 2007.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ANNOUNCES DARWIN200 ART PROJECTS
24 Hour Museum - UK
Running in parallel to the London project is a residency programme for
British artists to spend time in the Galapagos Islands, which helped
Darwin to ...
A futbol game in Quito
MLive.com - MI, USA
Editor's note: Sarah Losinski, back in Michigan now and preparing to
leave for Africa, is posting bits about her recent trip to the
Galapagos Islands she ...
A futbol game in Quito
MLive.com - MI, USA
Editor's note: Sarah Losinski, back in Michigan now and preparing to
leave for Africa, is posting bits about her recent trip to the
Galapagos Islands she ...
Feb 9
Letter: Galapagos Islands
New York Times - United States
... not have picked a more appropriate setting to begin the Green
Traveler series on travel and the environment than my native Ecuador’s
Galapagos Islands.
Our Galapagos Tour: 10 pearls of wisdom
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The Galapagos Islands and the Darwin connection loom large in our
modern intellectual consciousness. They also loom large in many
people's travel dreams.
Feb 8
Swimsuit season is sneaking up
The Daily News - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
For one, I might win that dream vacation to the Galapagos Islands.
For another, you never want to rule out the possibility of rollicking in
the waves with ...
Denial and Fatigue
Kansas City Star - MO, USA
Some thirty years ago I was lucky enough to have spent a couple of weeks
sailing around the Galapagos Islands, some 600 miles off the coast
of Ecuador.
Judge limits Navy's use of sonar to protect marine mammals
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The San Francisco-based judge ordered the Navy to establish sonar-free
zones in several parts of the world, including the Galapagos
Islands...
Navy sonar testing ban extended
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA
Laporte said her injunction would add the Davidson Seamount off Monterey,
the northwest Hawaiian Islands, the Galapagos Islands and
Australia's Great ...
Feb 7
Feathered Photography
Palisadian-Post - Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
When he traveled to the Galapagos Islands, he came across the
Galapagos Hawk, a large predatory bird, with no natural enemies.
'The [Galapagos] hawk is at ...
Valentine's Day: Sweet Brooklyn Events
About - Cities & Towns - New York, NY, USA
Over in Wiliamsburg, Galapagos is hosting what may be the biggest
party of the night. Expect live music, dance performances, art exhibits,
human statues ...
prohibitions on the Navy from testing an experimental type of ...
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA
Laporte also said her injunction would add the Davidson Seamount, off
Monterey, the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, the Galapagos Islands and
Australia's Great ...
Feb 6
Marine Iguanas in the Galapagos Islands
Easier (press release) - Chester, UK
The amazing and unique Marine Iguana in the Galapagos Islands was
the species chosen by David Attenborough to open his new BBC series on
reptiles and ...
Life In Cold Blood
Mirror.co.uk - London, UK
Life In Cold Blood's opening shot was of another noble, wrinkled old
creature sunning itself on a rock in the Galapagos Islands. Yes, Sir
David Attenborough ...
Feb 5
Dozens of Sea Lions Found Massacred in Galapagos
National Geographic - Washington, DC, USA
Fifty-three sea lions have been found massacred, nearly all with crushed
skulls, on an island in the Galapagos. The brutal slaying has
officials looking for ...
It's Summer Somewhere: Galapagos Islands
Jaunted - USA
Heading to the Galapagos in Ecuador, for the annual celebration of
"Galapagos Days" is current obsession. Each island has its
own parades and all out ...
Dark Days on Galapagos
World Hum - Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Unsettling news out of the Galapagos Islands: The BBC reports on the
mysterious killing of 53 sea lions in the islands’ nature reserve.
...
Finding a modern-day Darwin
NYU Washington Square News - New York, NY, USA
For having dared to question God's placement of some finches on the
Galapagos Islands, his name was synonymous with blasphemy.
...
Here come the hookers!
Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis, MN, USA
The on-again-off-again prostitute with streaked pixieish hair looks less
like a hooker than a bartender at Galapagos—which made her ideal
for one ...
Feb 4
Unnatural selection: Galapagos sea lions massacred
CDNN - New Zealand
The massacre of 53 sea
lions in the Galapagos Islands this week has raised fears that
efforts to conserve the ...
Discovery Initiatives Cruise Location the Galapagos Islands is ...
PR.com (press release) - Levittown, NY, USA
Cirencester, United Kingdom, February 01, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The
Galapagos Islands are to feature in a new series starting this
Monday 4th February at 9pm on ...
Globe-trotting
Boston Globe - United States
Destinations for 2008 include Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos,
Costa Rica, Belize, Mali, Tanzania, China, India, Ireland, Spain, and
Iceland.
Sea lions massacred in Galapagos
DeeperBlue.net - UK
The BBC reports of a massacre of sea lions in Galapagos, for an
unknown reason. The dead animals included 13 pups, 25 youngsters, nine
males and six females ...
Feb 3
Galapagos sea lion massacre fuels conservation fears
Reuters - USA
QUITO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean authorities are investigating a
massacre of 53 sea lions in the pristine Galapagos islands which has
raised concerns ...
Galapagos sea lions slaughtered
Nature.com (subscription) - London, England, UK
An increasing number of tourists is generally thought to be the greatest
threat to the Galapagos ecosystem. But they are unlikely culprits in
the latest ...
Ecuador investigates Galapagos sea lion massacre
International Animal Rescue - Uckfield, England, UK
Victor Carrion, an official from the Galapagos National Park,
explained that while the animal's remains did not appear to have been
mutilated...
Here & There
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Galapagos: March 9 to 16, it's part of an eight-day trip to the
Galapagos Islands that includes hiking, biking, surfing, snorkelling
and kayaking from ...
Darwin's Tears: The Devolution of Man
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills, CA, USA
The varied species of the Galapagos are perhaps our best evidence of
this; and by protecting them, the Ecuadorian government provides anyone and
everyone ...
UCD maps path to healthy aging
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
By Cynthia Hubert -
But he's got one important
advantage over human beings: the Galapagos tortoise never ages. As
he gets older...
Sir David's Natural Hisstory
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
In tomorrow's opener he travels to the Galapagos Islands to see
iguanas basking in the sun. The reptiles use solar energy to power their
dives.
Feb 1
Galapagos Islands' future remains under threat
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Fears for the future of the remote Galapagos Islands persist after
the massacre of 53 sea lions, reports Ben Westwood. The massacre of 53 sea
lions in the ...
Pursuing flights of imagination
St. Helena Star - St. Helena, CA, USA
In PUC’s Clark Hall last Thursday, between appointments with students and
preparations for a nine-day trip to the Galapagos Islands, Hayes
talked about his ...
Students can learn on vacation
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA, USA
Travel destinations for 2008 include China, Egypt, Galapagos Islands
and Ecuador, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Russia, Spain and
Turkey.
