Ecology & Environment

the Galápagos from somewhere else after
journeys of several hundred to thousands of
kilometers on fortuitous wind, air and sea
currents, mostly from South America and the
Caribbean. Of course some flora and fauna
arrived later more unnaturally, brought by
settlers and others visiting the islands. There
are no large terrestrial mammals.
As early as 1934, the Ecuadorian government
set aside some of the [...]

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Geology

The oldest of the islands visible today were
formed roughly four to five million years
ago by underwater volcanoes erupting and
rising above the ocean’s surface (the islands
were never connected to the mainland).

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