Summary: The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GALSummary: Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.665 GALBulion, Leslie
Summary: "...Galápagos tells the complex story of a young volcanic ecosystem influenced by seasonal ocean currents, where food energy moves through integrated land and sea communities, each in its own season of growth and renewal. Millions of years ago, undersea volcanos in the eastern Pacific Ocean erupted, spewing up lava, rocks, and ash that eventually formed a cluster of islands: the archipelago...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 BULKricher, John C.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.8665 KRILynch, Wayne
Summary: In this richly illustrated tour of the Galapagos, world renowned photographer and naturalist Wayne Lynch captures the unique wildlife living here, including the Galapagos tortoise, the marine iguana, the flightless cormorant, the blue-footed boobie and the magnificent frigatebird.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 GALSteadman, David W.
Summary: A fieldguide of wildlife, providing an account of the evolution of resident species, their habitats and behavior.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press 1988