International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
... "The discovery of hydrothermal vents-ecosystems driven by chemical energy from the seafloor rather than energy f...Lonesome George is not alone among Galpagos tortoises
... Lonesome George originates from Pinta, an isolated, northerly island of Galpagos visited only occasionally by scientists and fishermen. In the late 1960s, it was noted...... at Yale, with the strong support and cooperation...New Haven, Conn. -- Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution, previously unrecognized diversity has been discovered among the giant tortoises of the Galpagos, Geochelone nigra, whose distinctiveness was an inspiration in formulating the theory of natural selection. ...... and <a href="ht...