Mar 31

Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises Award Grant to ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Charles Darwin Foundation/The Galapagos Conservancy -- Falls Church, Va.: $100,000 to study the viability of sustainable harvesting of a species of Galapagos ...

Despite Efforts, Some Tours Do Leave Footprints
Washington Post - United States
In early February, Galapagos National Park officials announced with great fanfare that they had prohibited Celebrity Cruise Line's Xpedition, a 94-passenger ...

Galapagos Now
Washington Post - United States
Most visitors to the Galapagos retreat to their cruise ships at night, but new rules allow the intrepid to camp on the islands Charles Darwin made famous. ...

Two Views On Ecotourism in the Galapagos
About - News & Issues - New York,NY,USA
Galapagos Now It's evolutionary! (Washington Post): "Most visitors to the Galapagos retreat to their cruise ships at night, but ...

Mar 28

Adwaitya's long, slow life
International Herald Tribune - France
... He is believed to have been about 250, nearly 80 years older than the next- oldest animal, a 176-year-old Galapagos tortoise living in Australia. ...

Mar 26

HSU professor's research in Evolution journal
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
When the subject of Charles Darwin and the Galapagos comes up, most people inevitably picture the archipelago's famed giant tortoises or speciose finches. ...

Mar 25

The Post and Courier
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... She is going to the Galapagos Islands. ... Doug. A: Literally, "South Seas" is correct. The Galapagos Islands are below the equator and hence in the South Pacific. ...

Fiddling As The Earth Burns
CounterCurrents.org - India
... The Galapagos needs resources to stop poachers. My request to the Sierra Club for financial help for the Galapagos rangers was met ...

Two arrested for illegal killing of sharks
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The dead sharks were disguised among a cargo of food being transported to Guayaquil from the island of Isabella, part of the Galapagos islands, which are ...

Mar 22

Finding a new love: NSRWA event introduces locals to the sport of ...
Pembroke Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA
To celebrate her 50th birthday last year, Karen Monaco headed to the Galapagos Islands, where she spent a lot of time exploring those exotic landforms perched ...

The Evolution of Galapagos Wind
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
... Early this year, crews are expected to break ground on a wind farm on San Cristóbal, the largest of four inhabitable islands in the Galapagos Archipelago. ...

The longest leg
Yachting Monthly - UK
... Monthly contributor, Alastair Buchan, is sailing as mate aboard Gipsy Moth IV, for the longest leg of her second circumnavigation - from the Galapagos to the ...

Mar 21 

Reprints & Permissions? (coming soon)
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... that resulted in Elena's latest triumph, winning a spot on National Geographic's first Young Explorers two-week expedition to the exotic Galapagos Islands off ...

Mar 19

World offers variety of creatures great and small
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... Seattle. Where/when: Most islands in the Galapagos group have giant tortoises , but Santa Cruz is the best place to see them up close. ...

Places to see before you die
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... wine list. Taking a cruise ship is the best way to see the Galapagos Islands, located just off the coast of Ecuador. Celebrity's ...

Mar 17

Discovery World Cruises Unveils Winter 2007 South America, South ...
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - USA
... style, Discovery World Cruises operators of Discovery- will offer 17 spectacular cruise tours, ranging from 13 to 40 days to the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica ...

Jarrell band wins big; 9 win Sallie Mae money; free trip to Galapagos
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
Nine students won college scholarships totaling $4,000 from the Sallie Mae Fund.

UNIQUE SPECIES: Rare breeds from the Galapagos Back Room
Brooklyn Rail - New York, NY
The intelligent design debate is alive and well in Williamsburg, where Galapagos Art Space hosts the EVOLVE series in the Back Room.

Wild journey for St. Sebastian teachers
Framingham TAB - Framingham,MA,USA
St. Sebastian's School science teachers ... embarked on a two-week expedition of the Galapagos Islands this past June

Mar 9

Composer, poet among many talented artists at Congress
The Tidings - Los Angeles, CA
Artists of sung and spoken word will bless audiences at the upcoming Religious Education Congress with a sound-tapestry inspired by the 2006 convention theme: "Step into Freedom."

Photo exhibit
Lincoln Journal - Concord, MA
Photographs by Iain Kerr, CEO of Lincoln-based organization Ocean Alliance, are now on display at the Whistle Stop Café in the Mall at Lincoln Station.

NGC Details New Offerings
Multichannel News (subscription) - New York
Looking to continue its ratings momentum, National Geographic Channel will add a host of new series and specials.

Mar 5

Photo of the Week
About - News & Issues - New York, NY
"No animal is more synonymous with the Galapagos Islands than the giant tortoise.

Hooray for boobies
The Scientist - UK
I went to the Franklin Institute last night to watch a test screening of Galapagos a 1999 IMAX film that may be returning to the screen in Philadelphia.