DESCRIPTION: Reaching about 43 centimeters in length, the Galápagos petrel is a large, long-winged gadfly petrel that is grayish-black and white with pink legs and feet and a black bill. HABITAT: The ...

SAN FRANCISCO— As the result of a Center for Biological Diversity settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last June, a federal rule was finalized today to protect the Galápagos petrel and ...

Haugan Cruises, one of the leading luxury catamaran fleets in the Galapagos Islands is offering guests aboard Petrel, the newest boat traversing these enchanted waters. Named after a sea bird common ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract During a study of Dark-rumped Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) breeding biology in the Galápagos Islands, we collected over 80 samples of food ...

"The rats have placed in serious risk — on the edge of extinction — the Galapagos petrel, which is a marine bird unique in the world and of which only 120 remain," the project's manager, Victor ...

The archipelago is what scientists refer to as an endemic bird area: a location where at least two species breed that can be found nowhere else. BirdLife International, a conservation alliance working ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Scientists in the Galapagos Islands have air-dropped ''biscuits'' laced with poison to save native species from thousands of rats. Ten ...

QUITO, EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador — A full-scale assault is targeting invasive rats that threaten the survival of birds, tortoises, iguanas and native plants of the Galapagos Islands, whose unique flora ...