New stories from both sides of the coin
Updates, reflections and evidence for a changing Galapagos.
The book captured the Galapagos at a particular moment. The Blog connects that account to the present—following changes in wildlife, conservation, communities, policy, tourism and the science of island systems. Each post distinguishes between facts reported in the original book, later developments and the author’s interpretation, and links to authoritative sources for conservation status, regulations and current statistics.
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Galapagos El Niño: Starved Seas, Flooded Lands
Lead photo: the Sechura desert, northern Peru, flooded by El Niño rains, March 2023. Ministerio de Defensa del Perú, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Past events show what 2027…
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17 Years Later, What Happened?
In 2009, we called the growth cycle the greatest risk to the islands. Seventeen years and a doubling of arrivals later, this post scores what held, what moved ashore, and…
