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AUGUST 2005

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JULY 2005

NEW TAXON OF GALAPAGOS TORTOISE IDENTIFIED (JULY 27)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-07/yu-nto072605.php
New Haven, Conn. — Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution, previously unrecognized diversity has been discovered among the giant tortoises of the Galapagos (Related articles: Darwin's tortoises more diverse than he knew)

VACATIONS FOR A GOOD CAUSE (JULY 25)
http://www.time.com/time/asia/tga/article/0,13673,501050801-1086206,00.html
Travel philanthropy has been on the rise since the tsunami of 2004. Tourists looking to help the often disadvantaged countries...

TROPICAL WILDLIFE IMPACTED BY HIGHWAYS REPORT SCIENTISTS (JULY 23)
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0723-cbc_highways.html
The Impact Of Traffic Fatalities On Lava Lizard Populations (Microlophus albemarlensis) In Santa Cruz, Gal·pagos.

STRANGE CATERPILLAR DEVOURS SNAILS (JULY 22)
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050718/caterpillar.html
A bizarre caterpillar has been caught red-handed in Hawaii using its silk in a spiderly fashion to ambush and devour snails. (Related articles: Caterpillars with a taste for the flesh of snails; Biologist finds new species in Hawaii)

WHAT DARWIN REALLY THOUGHT (JULY 23)
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/scienceandnature/0,6121,1534168,00.html
Charles Darwin's great insight is based on a simple syllogism...

SEARCH IS ON FOR FIRST-EVER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS EXPEDITION TEAM ASSIGNMENT: GALAPAGOS (JULY 21)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050721/dcth030.html?.v=19
Washington — The search for America's top kid explorers has begun, and 15 of them will win the field trip of a lifetime... (Related articles: NGC US searches for kid explorers, Destination: Galapagos)

THE BEST IN GUEST COMFORT IS GOAL OF GALAPAGOS TRAVEL COMPANY (JULY 14)
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=5954_0_1_0_M
Ecoventura, a family-owned small-ship adventure company based in Ecuador, has been in the business of operating expedition vessels in the Galapagos Islands...

WINGING IT: SIGHTING OF GROOVE-BILLED ANI LEAVES BIRDER A BIT RED THE FACE (JULY 13)
http://www2.standard.net/standard/xplore/56023/
I've heard it said that "a little knowledge goes a long way."

DESPITE DAMAGE, GALAPAGOS ISLAND ERUPTION IS DEEMED 'NATURAL PROCESS' (MAY 14)
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2232164530&fa=news
Quito — A volcano erupted and destroyed part of the ecologically delicate Galapagos Islands, threatening to kill vegetation and some animals...

ON THE AISLE (JULY 10)
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783690949&path=!flair!ae&s=1045855936372
An original show by Barefoot Puppets has been selected as a featured performance for Puppet Fest 2005 in St. Paul, Minn.

GETTING THE MONKEY OFF DARWIN'S BACK (JULY 5)
http://www.csicop.org/si/2005-05/evolution.html
Nearly 150 years after Charles Darwin published On The Origin of Species, the theory of evolution is still widely misunderstood...

YOUNG ASIAN'S EATING HABITS KEY TO SAVING SHARKS (JULY 3)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/07/03/2003262034
Shark's fin soup is a traditional dish at weddings in Chinese communities, but can young people be persuaded to forget antiquated considerations...

THEORY OF EVOLUTION 'STRONG' (JULY 1)
http://www.news24.com/News24/Columnists/George_Claassen/0,,2-1630-1827_1730506,00.html
"The theory of evolution has never been stronger." A more emphatic endorsement of probably the most important discovery, now 146 years old, by scientists, you won't easily find.

JUNE 2005

FIRE ANTS CLONING IN GENDER BATTLE (JUNE 30)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1403841.htm
A type of fire ant found in North and Central America, the Galapagos Islands and western Africa has become capable of cloning itself...

SHARK FINNING BANNED IN EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (JUNE 29)
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2005/2005-06-29-03.asp
Lanzarote — An international ban on shark finning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean was approved by consensus Monday...

WINGING IT: BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES BATTLE FOR TOP GALAPAGOS MEMORY (JUNE 29)
http://www2.standard.net/standard/xplore/54625/
I have hundreds of images in my head from my recent trip to the Galapagos Islands—red balloon-chested frigatebirds soaring overhead; a playful vermilion flycatcher...

EGYPT TOP WITH ADVENTURE TRAVELLERS (JUNE 27)
http://www.travelbite.co.uk/destinations/africa/egypt-top-with-adventure-travellers-$16034001.htm
The North African country has swapped places with Peru, which was ranked as the top destination at the end of 2004...

THE WOODSTOCK OF EVOLUTION (JUNE 27)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=00020722-64FD-12BC-A0E483414B7FFE87
The World Summit on Evolution, held in the Galapagos Islands, revealed a science rich in history and tradition...

EVOLUTION LOOKING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY (JUNE 23)
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/512731/
USFQ (Universidad San Francisco de Quito) hosted the World Summit on Evolution from June 9-12 at the island of San CristÛbal in the Galapagos Archipelago.

INKATERRA AND OCEAN ADVENTURES LAUNCH "BEST OF BOTH WORLDS" PACKAGE TO PERU AND ECUADOR (JUNE 18)
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=5600_0_1_0_M
Two of South America's premier tourism companies are teaming up to create an exciting 16-day adventure...

THOMAS, TOWNSEND & KENT OFFERS NEW LIST OF PROSPECTS FOR GALAPAGOS ISLANDS CRUISE VACATIONS (JUNE 17)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=88963
Chicago — Database marketer Thomas, Townsend & Kent, which maintains an extensive database of nearly 1.1 million affluent leisure travelers planning cruise vacations, is offering a new list of prospects specifically interested in cruising to the Galapagos Islands...

STERILIZATION OF STRAYS AIDS THE GALAPAGOS (JUNE 17)
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050617/LOCAL/50617011/1078/news
With a simple knock on the door and a ride in a donated yellow dump truck, two University of Florida representatives helped save house pets on the Galapagos Islands from their own natural instincts.

DARWIN RETRACES BEAGLE VOYAGE (JUN 16)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4082078.stm
Few voyages have had more impact on science than Charles Darwin's visit...

ECUADOR TRIP TO BE TOPIC (JUN 16)
http://www.lamonitor.com/articles/2005/06/14/features/features02.txt
At Wednesday's meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers, members Dick and Judy Opsahl will present an illustrated talk on their recent trip...

STUDY ABROAD EXPANDS WORLD VIEW (JUN 15)
http://technicianonline.com/story.php?id=011848
For Ian Quate, a senior in art and design, it was like living inside a memory.

BIOLOGY PROFESSOR EMBARKS ON GALAPAGOS EXPEDITION (JUN 7)
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/06/07/42a62c313bffc
About 170 years ago, Charles Darwin landed on Galapagos Archipelago...

PUBLIC URGED TO PICK FAVOURITE PHOTO (JUN 6)
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4653182
People across the country are today being urged to choose the winner of a major photo competition which aims to help fund the fight...

CAVORTING WITH BLUE-FOOTED BOOBIES ON THE GALAPAGOS (JUN 5)
http://www.canada.com/travel/story.html?id=db51762b-6bec-465f-b3bf-5bc81961c9db
The booby shot me a befuddled expression from its guano-spattered perch...

MAY 2005

ECUADOR LIFTS GALAPAGOS SEA CUCUMBER FISHING BAN (MAY 31)
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31696561.htm
Quito — Ecuador on Tuesday lifted a ban on the fishing of lucrative sea cucumbers from the Galapagos islands...

JOURNALISM PRIZE HONORS COVERAGE OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (MAY 26)
http://www.ijnet.org/FE_Article/newsarticle.asp?UILang=1&CId=302847&CIdLang=1
Entries are now being accepted for a journalism award that recognizes coverage of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

WORLD EVOLUTION SUMMIT ON GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (MAY 24)
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/512088/
The Summit (June 9 - 12) will unite 150 experts from distinct branches of evolutionary science to share their most recent findings and approaches to study the different aspects of evolution.

LIFE BELOW THE GALAPAGOS, PART 1 (MAY 23)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/23/gizmorama/main697308.shtml
The following account is a several-part journal about my participation on a scientific expedition to the Galapagos Rift... (Related article: Life Below The Galapagos, Part 2. Life Below The Galapagos, Part 3, Life Below The Galapagos, Part 4)

LAND, HO: SEATTLE TOUR OPERATOR LEADS ECO-FRIENDLY GALAPAGOS LAND TOUR (MAY 20)
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/5/emw241975.htm
While more and more Galapagos tour operators move to cruises as a way to visit the increasingly sensitive Galapagos Islands, Southern Explorations has a better answer...

FRESHMEN EXHIBIT GALAPAGOS LESSONS (MAY 18)
http://i-newswire.com/pr20648.html
Designed and developed by freshmen in the Terrascope course called Communicating Complex Environmental Issues: Designing and Building Interactive Exhibits ( 1.016 ), the interactive exhibits collectively offer visitors a sense of immersion in the students' March trip...

VOLCANO ERUPTS IN GALAPAGOS (MAY 14)
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1705046,00.html
Quito — Cumbre volcano, in the Galapagos Islands, spewed rivers of lava and sent columns of steam 7km into the air on Friday...

GALAPAGOS VOLCANO SPEWS ASH AND VAPOR (MAY 13)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-ecuador-galapagos-volcano,0,2265459.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
Quito — A volcano has begun to erupt on one of the Galapagos Islands, but authorities said Friday that the few unique animal species on the island were not in immediate danger.
(Related articles: Volcano Erupts In Galapagos, Galapagos Volcano Spews Ash and Vapor) Volcano threatens Galapagos nature preserve (Related article: )

GALAPAGOS DISCUSSION FEATURED AT GRAS (MAY 10)
http://www.themonroetimes.com/a0511gra.htm
The next general meeting of the Green-Rock Audubon Society is 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18...

THOUGHTFUL 'TOOTH AND CLAW' COULD HAVE MORE BITE (MAY 7)
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/05/07/thoughtful_tooth_and_claw_could_have_more_bite/
Pity the poor ecologist. He or she often preserves nature by preventing it from taking its course, and the pretzel logic of that position is natural fodder...
(Related article: Bio-drama set in wrong environment)

ECO-LAWS HELPING PENGUINS PROSPER (MAY 2)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/weather/environment/11540825.htm
The penguin population is prospering in Argentina and Chile, thanks to environmental laws...

APRIL 2005

STUDY PROPOSES NEW METHOD TO INVESTIGATE GENETIC HYBRIDIZATION (APR 29)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23574
Exchange of genes between species through interbreeding is a potentially important force in evolution.

PARADISE LOST IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (APR 18)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=630512
Modern life has caught up with the cradle of evolution. Too many tourists, expanding population, over-fishing and pollution are endangering the flora and fauna...

UNSHACKLED TOURISM THREATENS THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (APR 12)
http://www.cubaxp.com/modules/news/article-1551.html
The International Galapagos Islands Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) informed this week that the amount of tourist arrivals on the Galapagos Islands has dangerously surpassed all permitted limits.

BACKWARD EVOLUTION (APR 12)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45303-2005Apr11.html
Behold the giant Galapagos tortoise! It weighs several hundred pounds, lives God-only-knows how long... (Reprint article: Backward Evolution)

ONLINE ART AUCTION BY GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST (APR 7)
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=13249&b=Galapagos
London — The Galapagos Conservation Trust will hold an online auction to help save the endangered plants of Galapagos.

CHARITY IMPRESSED WITH GERVAIS'S ART WORK (APR 5)
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4357188
Celebrities including Ricky Gervais raised hundreds of pounds tonight by donating their own art for a charity auction and exhibition.
(Related article: Celebrity art helps save wildlife)

FISHERMEN RESIST MOVES TO PROTECT GALAPAGOS (APR 2)
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Fishermen-resist-moves-to-protect-Galapagos/2005/04/01/1112302241937.html?oneclick=true
Long-line fishing is threatening the famous biodiversity of the Galapagos Islands, as tension escalates between fishing and tourism.
(Related article: At a sacred combe I witnessed the ceasefire between man and animal, Longline fishing threatens Galapagos, Galapagos under longline threat)

ECUADOR PRESSURED TO SAVE GALAPAGOS WILDLIFE (APR 1)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=625287
Ecuador is facing pressure to act against thefishermen who are threatening the ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands...

MARCH 2005

BYCATCHER IN THE EYE (MAR 31)
http://www.grist.org/news/daily/2005/03/31/
The Galapagos Islands are iconic for biologists and conservationists, home to a dizzying array of rare and endangered species...

SPRING-BREAK VOYAGE TURNS TO TERROR AT SEA (MAR 26)
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/11234601.htm
Quito — Alicia Asper, an OLA grad, is in Ecuador studying Spanish. On a spring-break cruise to the Galapagos Islands, her ship sank.
(Related article: A feeling of small miracles)

LONGLINE FISHING THREATENS GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (MAR 12)
http://www.naturalworldtours.co.uk/articles2005/march/march1205d.htm
The introduction of a new form of fishing threatens to undermine the marine ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands...

SPRING BREAK TRIPS BROADEN HORIZONS (MAR 8)
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050308/NEWS01/503080320/1079
Kenzie Sedlacek has her bags packed and ready to go.

FEBRUARY 2005

BEAGLE TO BE LIFTED FROM WATERY GRAVE (FEB 28)
http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_article.php?aID=30150
The ship belonging to Shrewsbury's most famous son is set to be recovered from the bottom of the sea and fully restored.

NATURE CONSERVANCY HIRES 'WATCHFUL CATALYST' (FEB 28)
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/02/28/news/wyoming/b748e95a1998149787256fb500057e2a.txt
At first glance, the verdant jungles of the Yucatan and the wide-open spaces of Wyoming have little in common...

PICTURING GALAPAGOS ISLES IN QUEENS (FEB 27)
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/284772p-243967c.html
Nature photographer Holly Gordon may be a retired school teacher, but she continues to educate children on the wonders of the world through her Galapagos Islands photo exhibit...

DUKE, WOODS HOLE GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER CLOCKWORK MOTION BY OCEAN FLOOR MICROPLATES (FEB 23)
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-02/du-dwh022305.php
Durham, N.C. — A team of geologists from Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has discovered a grinding, coordinated ballet of crustal "microplates" unfolding below the equatorial east Pacific Ocean within a construction zone for new seafloor.

CHARLES DARWIN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FEB 10)
http://www.gct.org/feb05_1.html
The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) is pleased to announce that Dr Graham Watkins was appointed Executive Director.

JANUARY 2005

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS IN PERIL, GROUP SAYS (JAN 26)
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=4030_0_1_0_M
Tourism group International Galapagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) has issued a warning about the survival of the Galapagos Islands...
(Related article: Galapagos Islands in Peril, Tourism, overfishing, politics threaten Galapagos Islands)

SWIMMING HOME FROM THE GALAPAGOS (JAN 21)
http://www.counterpunch.org/farago01212005.html
In the Galapagos on New Year's Eve, a few minutes past midnight, Ecuadorians pile the streets with carefully crafted life-sized papier-mache figurines...

A NATURAL LIFE (JAN 2)
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/10549447.htm
Biography of naturalist Beebe concentrates on scientific work...

MY HOLS: MICHAEL YORK (JAN 2)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2100-1421805,00.html
The actor used to swashbuckle in Tuscany, now he unwinds in Cumbria...

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