The Galápagos islands have some amazing creatures. One curious critter is the flightless cormorant, aka Galápagos cormorant. These birds can only be found on the islands of Isabela and Fernandina. This cormorant is the only known 1 of
The Galápagos sea lion lives and breeds on the Galápagos Islands. They can also be found on Isla de la Plata, mainland Ecuador, and Isla del Coco. These sea lions have a preference for
The Galápagos penguin is the smallest known warm climate penguin. As one would expect, these penguins can be found among the Galápagos Islands. The largest populations exist on Fernandina Island
The Galápagos hawk is native to, you guessed it, the Galápagos islands. These large raptors are quite fearless, even around humans. Their preferred habitats are shrublands, shoreline, dry tropical forests, mountain tops, and even bare lava-fields. These hawks do not migrate seasonally. With just over 330 birds left in the […]
The Galápagos shark is not the most feared shark in the ocean but is still formidable, nonetheless. That being said, sharks aren’t mindless eating machines bent on eating anything that gets in the water with them. There are only around a handful of sharks that are
The magnificent frigatebird, aka frigate, frigate bird, frigate-bird, and frigate-petrel, is a site to behold with their impressive wingspan and large red gular sac. There are 5 known species of frigatebird. These birds are listed as Least Concern by the IUCN
Found near the Island of Galápagos and Peru and looking like a 5 year old put together a fish from random Legos, it’s the red-lipped batfish; a type of angler fish. It’s hard to take a
There are many types of finches in the world. 1 finch in particular has gained the macabre taste for blood! Meet the vampire finch. The Galápagos Islands are known for their 15
The marine iguana of the Galápagos Islands are so infamously unattractive, even Charles Darwin described them as “hideous-looking, clumsy lizards.” But what these relatively unattractive
The Galápagos tortoise is the largest tortoise on Earth. Sadly, out of the 15 known subspecies of these tortoises, only 11 remain in the wild. They live in dry lowlands to more humid highlands. Galápagos tortoises were hunted during the 17th, 18th, and 19th century to near extinction
