Six consecutive droughts is all it takes for a new species of finch to emerge in the Galapagos islands, scientists have said.

Researchers followed the entire population of finches on a tiny Galapagos island called Daphne Major, for many years, and so they were able to watch the speciation in progress. The research was ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would have the patience to catch, weigh, measure, and identify hundreds of small birds and record their diets of seeds. But for the Grants ...

This common cactus-finch, Geospiza scandens, was collected during the California Academy of Sciences' 1905-06 expedition to the Galapagos islands. The Academy houses the world's largest collection ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. David Lack's classic work on the finches of the Galapagos Islands (Darwin's ...

Wolf Island, in the Galápagos, is remote and rarely visited. But this volcanic island is home to an unusual group of birds: vampire ground finches. Photographer Thomas P Peschak had the rare ...

Shares in the Belgian biotech Galapagos have surged after a late stage trial of filgotinib, a rheumatoid arthritis drug it is developing with Gilead, met all its endpoints. Results of the FINCH 2 ...

Scientists have been studying the birds elsewhere on the islands to gauge how long-term changes in their fish diet may hurt reproduction and depress populations. At spots such as Isla Beagle ...

These drab but famous little birds of the Galapagos Islands are a living case study in evolution. Isolated in the South Pacific, they have developed 14 species from a common ancestor ...

Along the way, you'll encounter various species of giant tortoises and cactus forests, home to Darwin's finches. You'll also find the Station's enchanting beach, nestled among mangroves ...