Our latest book has been released (BOOK’s WEBSITE).

Here is the publisher’s description:

“…There are hundreds of books and thousands of scientific articles about the Galápagos. This volume is distinctive. The authors, Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C and Avelina Espinosa, synthesize, integrate, and conceptualize the most recent evolutionary-biology research being conducted in the archipelago’s terrestrial and aquatic environments; the conflicts resulting from human interactions with nature, including local population growth and tourism practices in the context of short- and long-term conservation efforts; and make predictions about the destiny of the Galápagos’ unique biodiversity and landscapes under various scenarios of climate-change impacts, urbanization trends, diversification of tourism, and conservation investments. Offering over 260 figures and diagrams, this work will appeal to a broad audience, including professors in academia, college instructors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research undergraduates. Another target audience is study-abroad and international field-trip instructors and their students who travel to the Galápagos year-round. Science writers and policymakers will find in this book useful information to discuss and debate about imminent environmental threats to afflict the Galápagos as a consequence of human population growth, tourism practices, and climate change…”

Chapter One  Cacti on Rocky Grounds and Forests in the Highlands’ Mist (59 pp)

Chapter Two  Crowded Shores, Murky Waters, and the Open Sea (84 pp)

Chapter Three  Endemism, Rareness, and Endemic Creatures of the Isles (60 pp)

Chapter Four  Microbes and Viruses, Always Present (94 pp)

Chapter Five  Homo the Settler (34 pp)

Chapter Six  Homo the Explorer, the Sightseer (32 pp)

Chapter Seven  Homo the Caretaker (61 pp)

Chapter Eight  Earth’s Wounds: Their Impact on the Fragile Islands (73 pp)

Chapter Nine The Destiny of an Archipelago (42 pp)

Chapter Ten Berlanga, Darwin, Melville, and Galápagos During World War II (3 pp)

For book’s website click HERE.