There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would have the patience to catch, weigh, measure, and identify hundreds of small birds and record their diets of seeds. But for the Grants ...

This new finch population is sufficiently different in form and habits to ... which is why this observation of Galapagos finches is so important. The researchers think that the original male ...

Along the way, you'll encounter various species of giant tortoises and cactus forests, home to Darwin's finches. You'll also find the Station's enchanting beach, nestled among mangroves ...

As you’ll see in the above video, the vampire ground finch is one blood-thirsty little bird. The vampire finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) is an unusual bird that only lives on two remote islands ...

Darwin originally recorded them as being from a range of different bird families. The birds that did attract Darwin’s interest in the Galapagos were several new varieties of mockingbird, later ...