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  • Lonesome George, the only surviving specimen of the giant tortoise of the species Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni that was one found on Pinta Island, Galapagos. This only specimen of its kind  left was when this photo was taken in 2011 kept at Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, the Galapagos. Born around 1910, died 24. June 2012.  Photo from July 2011.
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  • Tourists mingle with the Galapagos sea lions at Barrington Bay on the island of Santa Fe, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebeki, with a new-born dead off-spring. Photo from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Sleeping Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaecki, with Lava Lizards (Microlophus albemarlensis) from Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Giant Tortoise (Chelonodis nigra porteri) from Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Giant Tortoise (Chelonodis nigra porteri) from Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos Giant Tortois, Chelonodis nigra. Unidentified subspecies
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  • Galapagos Sea Lion, Zalophus wollebaeki, from Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Sea Lions ( Zalophus wollebaek) at Gardiner Bay, Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • The endemic Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) from James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos.
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  • Kissing Sea Lions ( Zalophus wollebaek) at Gardiner Bay, Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • The endemic Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) from James Bay, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Giant Tortoise (Chelonodis nigra microphyes) from Urvina Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.  This is a rather small specimen, probably a sub-adult.
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  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaecki) with newborn cub at James Bay, Santiago island, galapagos.
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  • Great Blue Heron (Ardeaa herodias) from Tintoreras Island, Galapagos.
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  • Blue-fotted Booby (Sula nebouxi) from Vilamil, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) from Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Beach in Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Lava gull, Leucophaeus fulginosus, from Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaecki) from Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaecki) from Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Large ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris) with seed at Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Large ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris) cracking a seed at Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Yellow locust from Santa Fe, Galapagos.  In the background the common painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera)
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  • Spot-winged glider, Pantala hymenaea, from Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos, Ecuador.  Nikon D300, 200-400mm @ 220mm (330mm in full frame), f4, EV+1, 1/1000sec, ISO500, Aperture priority
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  • The endemic and treathned Galapagos sarcostemma, Sarcostemma angustissima, from Urvina Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Giant Tortoise, Chelonodis nigra hoodensis, from Espanola Galapagos.  Controlled conditions.
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  • Pair of Swallow-tailed gulls (Creagus furcatus) from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxi) from Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) from a brackis lake at Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxi) and green leachens at Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) from North Seymour, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), dominant male from Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Nazca Boobies (Sula granti) nesting at Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Nazca Booby (Sula granti) with chick at Gnovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Group of marine iguianas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on top of a lava pillar at James bay (Puerto Egas), Santiago Island, Galapagos.
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  • Beach in Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Brackish lakes and vegetation at Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • At the Puerto Ayora fish marked, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Mollugo flavescens, an endemic plant to the Galapagos, here growing in lava at Sullivan Bay, Santiago.
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  • Large gathering of Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) at james bay, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, from Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) at the small island of Tintoreras off Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Lava Lizard (Microlophus delanonis) from Espanóla, Galapagos. Adult male.
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  • Nazca Boobies (Sula granti) at Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Portrait of the white morth of Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) from Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxi) dives fro food off Cerro Brujo, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) nesting in the mangrowe swamp at Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) from Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Magnificent Frigatebird (Frigata magnificens) at North Seymour, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) from the island of Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguanad (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) from Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Nazca Booby (Sula granti) at Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Nazca Booby (Sula granti) nesting at genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos, Ecuador.  Nikon D300, 200-400mm @ 360mm (540mm in full frame), f4, EV+0.33, 1/640sec, ISO500, Aperture priority
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  • Forces of the Pacific Ocean. Huge swells break against the coast of Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus bauri) from Genovesa.
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  • Pair of Flightless Comorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) nesting at Elizabeth Bay, Isabela, Galapagos. Note the nest built of dead sea urchins.
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  • Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli) from Urvina Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) from Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) from Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Large ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris) from Puerto Egas, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Displaying pair of Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Tourists taking a close look at the endemic marine iguanas at Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
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  • The rocky shore at Urvina Bay, Isabela, Galapagos.
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  • Brackish lakes and vegetation at Dragon Hill, Santa Cruz, Galapagos. In the background is Dragon Hill.
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  • Mollugo flavescens, an endemic plant to the Galapagos, here growing in lava at Sullivan Bay, Santiago.
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  • Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, at Punta Espinoza, Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma castro) searching for food on the surface near Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus galapagensis) from Jame's Bay, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli) on the watch for food from mangrove roots in Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) from Fernandina, Galapagos.
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  • Mother and the one remaining chick by a Nazca Booby (Sula granti) from Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos male Sea Lion (Zalaphus californianus) and two Lava Lizards (Tropidurus sp.) waiting for a chance to move on to the sea lion to pick parasites. Photo from the island of South Plaza.
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  • Galapagos Sea Lions at the beach of Santa Fe.
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  • Pair of Galapagos Penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) mating on the island of Santiago
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  • Pair of Galapagos Penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) mating on the island of Santiago
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  • Blue-fotted Booby (Sula nebouxi) from Santiago Island, Galapagos.
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  • Male Galapagos Sea Lion, Zalophus calefornianus, from the island of South Plaza.
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  • The endemic Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) from
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  • Blue-fotted Booby (Sula nebouxi) from Espanola, Galapagos.
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  • The endemic Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) from the island of Santiago.
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  • Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) from the island of Genovesa, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) from Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, from Punta Vincent Roca, Isabela, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Cactus Finch (Geospiza scandens) on Opuntia in Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
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  • Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus bauri) from Genovesa.
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  • A pair of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) mate off Espumilla Beach, James Bay, Santiago Island, Galapagos.
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  • Leg of a marine iguana on lava flow.  From Sullivan Bay, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, scraping tiny algae for food from the lava rocky beach at James Bay, Santiago, Galapagos.
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  • Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus albemarlensis) clinging to the steep rocka at Punta Vincent Roca, Isabela, Galapagos Islands.
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  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) nesting at Genovesa, Galapagos.
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