Guest blog – My volunteering story by Alan Chapman

Our guest blog has been kindly written by Alan Chapman, a long term volunteer at GCT. I visited Galapagos in…

Thor Heyerdahl and the Galapagos Islands

Norwegian explorer, author and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl was born on 6 October 1914...

Guest Blog by Cyler ConradThe exploitation of Galapagos tortoises by pirates and whalers is well documented, however, this week we…

At our most recent event, the Galapagos Garden Party, we hosted an auction to raise money for the Galapagos Future Fund.…

In the final round of Darwin vs. Raffle we compare how much Darwin paid for his voyage with that of the raffle winner.

Fifty years ago on the Galapagos Islands, the Charles Darwin Research Station was established in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island.…

A famous centre of interest for natural scientists, holiday makers, marine biologists and explorers, 2014 sees Galapagos as the focus…

Giant tortoises are the epitome of Galapagos. Not only are they one of the best known and most charismatic species…

In 1793 English Captain James Colnett set sail for the Galapagos to investigate the possibility of whaling in the waters…