Galapagos (Ecuador)

In Galapagos Finches, Biologists Catch Evolution in the Act

On the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin’s observations led to his evolutionary theory, scientists are now reporting that they’re witnessing a single species splitting into two, according to a new paper in the...

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Birth of new bird species witnessed by scientists

On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two. In many ways, the split followed predictable...

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Birth of New Species Witnessed by Scientists (ECO-CAN News)

On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two. In many ways, the split followed predictable...

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Terry Riley's 'In C' was @ LPR, will be @ Galapagos +++ Darmstadt @ Issue Project Room & Big Ears...

words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Steven P. Marsh As its length [about an hour] suggests, this was a leisurely "In C," and it began [at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday the 8th] with a prelude of sorts: a rich...

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Critically endangered Floreana mockingbird to be reintroduced to Floreana

The Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT), with its partner on Galapagos, The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), is launching a £60,000 campaign to help save the bird that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution from extinction and...

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DNA clue could help scientists save Darwin's rare mockingbird

A rare mockingbird could be reintroduced to the Galapagos Islands - with the help of some specimens collected by Charles Darwin. A team of geneticists extracted DNA from two birds that the famous naturalist collected in 1835....

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Galapagos initiates Nanocort Phase II clinical trial for multiple sclerosis

Galapagos NV announced that it has started a Phase II clinical study to evaluate Nanocort's effectiveness in treating flares in multiple sclerosis (MS). Nanocort combines less frequent treatment with ...

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Darwin and the great divide

by Karen Lincoln Michel Green Bay Post Gazette A century and a half after Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species," Tim Flood walked the Galapagos Islands and beheld creatures that inspired Darwin's theory of evolution....

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'Galapagos for plants': conservationists fight for Robinson Crusoe island species

A programme to save one of the most important sites for botanic conservation – known as the "Galapagos for plants" – against threatening invasive species has been drawn up. More than 50 experts in conservation have met to...

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Boutique hotels coming to city

At 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, the recycled plastic statues are perched everywhere - a nod from an Italian team of artists to the globe's endangered Galapagos species. The 21c concept is coming to Cincinnati in 2012.

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