October 2022

In the first part of our series on the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands we already introduced you to the animal eponym of the islands: The Galapagos giant tortoises. As you probably guessed, the tortoise is not the only species that inhabits these diverse islands.  Another species that calls the Galapagos home are

The Galápagos Islands are located about 1,000km west of Ecuadorian mainland in the Pacific Ocean. In total, more than 100 small islands belong to this archipelago, but only 13 have an area of more than 10km². Furthermore, only 5 of them are inhabited, namely San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Isabela, Floreana and Baltra. Since 1978, the archipelago has been a