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Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy, Sphyrna lewini, Wolf Island
Bigeye trevally jacks, schooling, Caranx sexfasciatus, Darwin Island
Black coral. The fan is five feet in diameter and the color of the live coral is more yellow-green than black, Antipathidae, Cousins
Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island, Geochelone nigra
Galapagos penguins, Spheniscus mendiculus, Bartolome Island
Nazca booby, Sula granti, Wolf Island
Nazca booby, Sula granti, Wolf Island
Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, North Seymour Island
Flightless cormorant, head and neck profile. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi, Isabella Island
Flightless cormorant perched on volcanic coastline. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi, Isabella Island
Swallow-tailed gull, mating, male on top, female just visible below, Creagrus furcata, Wolf Island
Swallow-tailed gull, Creagrus furcata, Wolf Island
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles, Grapsus grapsus, North Seymour Island
Darwin Island, with Darwins Arch on the right. Darwin Island is the northernmost of the Galapagos Islands and is home to enormous numbers of seabirds
Darwin Island, the northernmost of the Galapagos Islands, hosts sheer seacliffs rising above the ocean that are home to tens of thousands of seabirds
Wolf Island, with a liveaboard tour boat below sheer seacliffs, is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island
Wolf Island is the largest of the islands in the distant northern island group of the Galapagos archipelago, is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds. Vast schools of sharks and fish inhabit the waters surrounding Wolf Island
Blue-footed booby adult and chick, Sula nebouxii, North Seymour Island
Booby in flight, motion blur, Darwin Island
Brown pelican, waves, rocks and cliffs, sunset, Pelecanus occidentalis, Wolf Island
Great frigatebird, adult male, in flight, carrying twig for nest building, green iridescence of scapular feathers identifying species. Wolf Island, Fregata minor
Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest, Fregata magnificens, North Seymour Island
Marine iguana, underwater, forages for green algae that grows on the lava reef, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, Bartolome Island
Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy, Sphyrna lewini, Wolf Island
Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, Wolf Island
Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, Wolf Island
Barberfish schooling, Johnrandallia nigrirostris, Darwin Island
Unidentified snapper, Lutjanus, Darwin Island
Barberfish schooling, Johnrandallia nigrirostris, North Seymour Island
Yellowtail grunt, aka burrito grunt, Anisotremus interruptus, North Seymour Island
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