Our latest book has been released, The Galápagos for University Students.

“…This volume is entirely conceived for a global higher-education audience, from undergraduate to graduate students, their instructors, and academic mentors. The book is structured around thought-provoking questions, perspectives from which to answer them, group discussions facilitated by instructors, and observation projects to be conducted while visiting the Galápagos. Each of its twelve chapters begins with a question, e.g., What Are the Galápagos Islands? Why Was Charles Darwin’s Visit to Galápagos Significant? What Is the Conservation Value of the Galápagos? How Will Climate Change Affect Galápagos? What Can You Do to Help Galápagos? Offering 280 figures and diagrams, tables, terminology boxes, and 496 references, this work will appeal to a broad audience, including research undergraduates, graduate students (master’s and PhD degrees), their instructors and advisors (professors, lecturers, and postdocs interested in teaching), as well as study-abroad students and international field-trip leaders who travel to the Galápagos from all over the world…”

Go to the book’s website.

Chapter One – What Are the Galápagos Islands?

Chapter Two – How Were the y^as de galapagos Discovered?

Chapter Three – Why Was Charles Darwin’s Visit to Galápagos Significant?

Chapter Four – What Happened in Galápagos Before and After Darwin?

Chapter Five – Why Did the United States Establish a Military Base in Galápagos During World War II?

Chapter Six – Who Lives in Today’s Galápagos Islands?

Chapter Seven – Why is Nature Tourism Essential to Galápagos?

Chapter Eight – What Is the Conservation Value of the Galápagos?

Chapter Nine – What Are the Main Conservation Problems in Galápagos?

Chapter Ten – How Will Climate Change Affect Galápagos?

Chapter Eleven – What Can You Do to Help Galápagos?

Chapter Twelve – Can the “Little World Within Itself” Be Saved Forever?

Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C holds a PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. He is an independent researcher, science writer, recipient of a Citation for Outstanding Performance (innovation in science education) by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, and author of 150 publications, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, editorials, and the books Arrivals of Life to the Galápagos (2024), A Synthesis of the Galápagos (2024), Kin Recognition in Protists and Other Microbes (2018), Measuring the Evolution Controversy (2016), and Evolution Stands Faith Up (2013).

Avelina Espinosa holds a PhD in Molecular Microbiology and is a Professor of Biology and Faculty Lead of Biotechnology Programs at Roger Williams University, USA. She is the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the author of 50 publications, including peer-reviewed papers (two cover-journal articles), book chapters, popular articles, and the books (coauthored with Paz-y-Miño-C) Arrivals of Life to the Galápagos, A Synthesis of the Galápagos, Kin Recognition in Protists and Other Microbes, and Measuring the Evolution Controversy.

Cambridge Scholars Publishing – Go to the book’s website.

Hardback – Pages 623

ISBN: 1-0364-7110-1

ISBN13: 978-1-0364-7110-1

Date of publication: 2026-04-15