Scientists have used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations of the Galápagos Hawk might have colonized the Galápagos islands Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Scientists at the ...

Wildlife officials at Galapagos National Park have rounded up 30 hawks on Pinzón Island for safekeeping while the island is carpeted with poisonous bait pellets designed to eradicate invasive rats.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Without genetic tests of parentage, descriptions of mating systems must be considered hypothetical. Here we confirm the existence of ...

Studying Galápagos hawks and their lice, biologists provide some of the first field evidence for co-divergence between parasites and hosts as a major driver of biodiversity. As the birds diversify ...

A pair of mating giant tortoises were interrupted by a hawk landing on one of their shells - in one of a series of beautiful photos showing the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands. The giant ...

The Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) has a polyandrous mating system. We prefer to call it cooperative polyandry, because one to four males mate with a single female and all males aid in caring ...

Protecting the fragile environment of the Galapagos islands is up to the government of Ecuador through the Galapagos National Park (which covers roughly 97% of the islands) and organizations like ...

Rodents and feral cats that European traders and pirates brought to the Galápagos Islands in the 17th century have driven a rare iguana to the brink of extinction, scientists say. The remote Isabela ...

Just like on safari in Africa, there are some must-see species in the Galapagos - topping the list is probably the blue-footed booby, but there are some lesser-known birds and animals on the list as ...

Say what you will about the parasitic lifestyle, but in the evolution of life on Earth, it's a winner. Given that about half of all known species are parasites, biologists have long hypothesized that ...