Get your early bird tickets for Galapagos Day!

Join us at our new central London venue, 1 Wimpole Street, for Galapagos Day 2024, which will focus on GCT’s ongoing work to turn the tide on plastic pollution.

Don't miss out: tinyurl.com/GalapagosDay20…

📷 ©️ Jonathan Green

Abandoned fishing gear and plastic dumped at sea have a huge impact on wildlife. And protected areas like Galapagos are far from immune: 40% of the plastic waste there comes from maritime sources, double the global average.

Get our report to learn more: galapagosconservation.org.uk/plastic-report…

Today marks the start of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, where partners from around the world will review their progress and outline key areas for future action.

Discover what we're doing to protect our oceans: tinyurl.com/OceanProtection

📷 ©️ Jonathan Green

GCT's CEO, Dr Jen Jones, presented at the Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona earlier today. Representing GCT and our partners at Pacific Plastics: Science to Solutions, Jen's presentation focused on the importance of regional cooperation in combating ocean plastic pollution.

📷 ©️ GCT

The Galapagos Islands are home to 17 species of Darwin's finches.

They famously evolved to have different beaks which are suited to different food types, such as large seeds and invertebrates, allowing them to occupy different niches: tinyurl.com/GCTDarwinsFinc…

📷 ©️ Simon Pierce

Although Wolf island is not accessible to tourists, the dive site of El Derrumbe at the southern end of the island is a big draw thanks to its abundance of wildlife, including scalloped hammerheads and Galapagos sharks: tinyurl.com/GCTWolfIsland

📷 ©️ Jonathan Green

While not native to the Archipelago, three species of dolphin – bottlenose, spinner and common dolphins – pay frequent visits to the Islands and are the most commonly seen cetaceans in Galapagos!

Discover more: tinyurl.com/DolphinsOfGala…

📷 ©️ Jonathan Green

Why not enter our 2024 Galapagos Photography Competition? We have six different categories and a panel of expert judges who will choose the winners.

Check out some of last year's entries!

tinyurl.com/GCTPhotography…

📷 ©️ Jacqueline Burke, Luke Rostron, Jacqui Shipp, Sofía Green

¡El país más lindo del mundo! 🇪🇨

Junto a Galapagos Conservation Trust desarrollamos un conversatorio sobre las Islas Galápagos, sus maravillas, la importancia de su conservación y el rol del 🇪🇨 en la negociación del tratado para eliminar la contaminación por plásticos.

#EstoEsEcuador

Join us on Thursday 18 April for our free webinar with Jeff Dawson of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, where he will discuss the incredible effort that went into the eradication of invasive species on Floreana and the exciting next steps: tinyurl.com/RewildingFlore…

📷 ©️ Prof. W. G. Hale

In the morning, you can spot marine iguanas basking in the sun, absorbing heat with their black scales until they have enough energy to swim out to sea to forage!

Learn all about these curious creatures: tinyurl.com/GCTMarineIguana

📷 ©️ Mark Thomas

April marks the arrival of waved albatrosses to Española island to start their courting period. Couples participate in a courtship dance, including bill circling, bill clacking, head nodding, a waddle and a cow-like moo.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/GCTWavedAlbatr…

📷 ©️ Kyle Cunningham

Lava herons are skilled hunters, primarily eating small fish and crabs, and have been recorded catching crabs at a fast rate of two to three per minute!

Learn more: tinyurl.com/LavaHeron

📷 ©️ Peter Cooper

Invasive species are one of the biggest threats facing the Galapagos Islands. But just how big a problem do they pose and what can we do to protect the native species of Galapagos?

Learn more: tinyurl.com/InvasiveSpecie…

📷 ©️ Jen Jones

Did you know male red-footed boobies attract females through a display called ‘sky pointing’, which is where the male throws back his head until his bill is pointing directly upwards?

Learn all about these colourful creatures: tinyurl.com/GCTRFB

📷 ©️ Jonathan Green

Love learning about the Galapagos Islands?

We have a range of free resources to inspire and educate young people about the wonders of Galapagos, tailored to different age groups and available in both English and Spanish.

Discover more: tinyurl.com/GCTEducational…

📷©️ Jenny Howard

Marchena is the largest of the northern islands, uninhabited and off-limits to tourists. It is home to many species, including green turtles, Galapagos sharks and Galapagos hawks!

Learn more: tinyurl.com/MarchenaIsland

📷 ©️ Tom Shlesinger, Jonathan Green, Bob Hughes, Rona Bassett

Over 100 million sharks are harvested from our oceans globally every year, making marine protected areas essential to conservation efforts.

Discover what we're doing to protect shark species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: tinyurl.com/GCT-Endangered…

📷©️ Jonathan Green

In an article for Galapagos Conservation Trust , a new IOCC partner, Island Conservation’s Penny Becker writes about the intimate connections between island and marine ecosystems. islandconservation.org/island-restora…