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Galapagos giant tortoise amongst vegetation

12th Sep 2023

Island restoration Rewilding

Rewilding Galapagos: Giving nature a helping hand

What does rewilding mean in the context of Galapagos, where 97% of the land is already a protected National Park?

15th Aug 2022

Island restoration Rewilding

Conservation success: Reintroduced land iguanas breed on Santiago island

A true conservation success story: Galapagos land iguanas, extinct on Santiago since the early 20th century, are now breeding on the island.

18th Aug 2021

Island restoration Rewilding

Reintroducing land iguanas to Santiago island: an update

Dr Luis Ortiz-Catedral, lead scientist on the Galapagos Land Iguana Project, explains the success of reintroducing land iguanas onto Santiago.

1st Jan 2021

Wildlife facts

Welcome to the hybrid zone

Since the early 1980s a number of unusual-looking iguanas has been noticed on South Plaza island, an apparent cross between land and marine iguanas. But why are there hybrids of these species?

7th Feb 2020

Island restoration

Project update: Land iguanas

There were momentous steps forward in land iguana conservation during 2019 as 2,150 land iguanas were released onto Santiago island by GCT’s project partners.

Rewilding Galapagos: Giving nature a helping hand

Conservation success: Reintroduced land iguanas breed on Santiago island

Reintroducing land iguanas to Santiago island: an update

Welcome to the hybrid zone

Project update: Land iguanas

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