News on Galapagos Islandshttp://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/galapagos-islands2010-05-27T09:17:23ZGeography Bee2010-05-27T09:17:23ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-05-27:/photo/geography-bee-2280202p/First place winner <a title="Aadith Moorthy" href="/topic/Aadith+Moorthy" >Aadith Moorthy</a>, of <a title="Palm Harbor" href="/topic/Palm+Harbor" >Palm Harbor</a>, <a title="Florida" href="/topic/Florida" >Fla.</a>, left, and second place winner <a title="Oliver Lucier" href="/topic/Oliver+Lucier" >Oliver Lucier</a>, 13, of Wakefield, <a title="Rhode Island" href="/topic/Rhode+Island" >Rhode Island</a>, hold their winnings at the end of the <a title="National Geographic Society" href="/topic/Na...Ecuador Galapagos Grounded Yacht2010-03-26T15:37:14ZAP Featurestag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-03-26:/photo/ecuador-galapagos-grounded-yacht-2200355p/This photo released by Galapagos National Park shows the grounded Alta yacht in the <a title="Galapagos Islands" href="/topic/Galapagos+Islands" >Galapagos Islands</a>, <a title="Ecuador" href="/topic/Ecuador" >Ecuador</a>, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Sixteen Canadian tourists and eight Ecuadorian crew members were rescued from the yacht that ran aground on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Galapagos National Park)
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Copyright 2010 <a href="http://www...London Zoo Opens New Giants Of The Galápagos Exhibit2010-04-06T01:55:13ZGetty Imagestag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-06:/photo/london-zoo-opens-new-giants-gal23225pagos-exhibit-1401658p/LONDON, <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >ENGLAND</a> - JULY 16: <a title="Ian Stephen" href="/topic/Ian+Stephen" >Ian Stephen</a> (r), ZSL's Assistant Curator of Herpetology, maneuvers <a title="Galapagos Islands" href="/topic/Galapagos+Islands" >the Galapagos</a> tortoise Dolly, aged 16, in the new "Giant of the Galapagos" exhibit in <a title="London Zoo" href="/topic/London+Zoo" >ZSL London Zoo</a> on July 16, 2009 in <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(Eng...Japan Kyoto Prize Princeton2010-04-06T17:55:47ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-06:/photo/japan-kyoto-prize-princeton-1326157p/In this undated photo released by <a title="Princeton University" href="/topic/Princeton+University" >Princeton University</a>, <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >U.S.</a> evolutionary biologists Peter and <a title="Rosemary Grant" href="/topic/Rosemary+Grant" >Rosemary Grant</a>, both 72, are shown in <a title="Princeton (New Jersey)" href="/topic/Princeton+(New+Jersey)" >Princeton, N.J.</a> <a title="Japan" href="/topic/Japan" >Japan</a>'s Inamori Foundation announced Frida...Ecuador Galapagos2010-04-07T16:54:33ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-07:/photo/ecuador-galapagos-1195938p/A giant land turtle walks in Galapagos National Park in Puerto Ayora on <a title="Santa Cruz" href="/topic/Santa+Cruz" >Santa Cruz</a> Island in <a title="Galapagos Islands" href="/topic/Galapagos+Islands" >the Galapagos</a>, <a title="Ecuador" href="/topic/Ecuador" >Ecuador</a>, May 8, 2009. In 1965 the <a title="Charles Darwin Research Station" href="/topic/Charles+Darwin+Research+Station" >Charles Darwin Research Station</a> started a program to raise and repatriate giant tortoises to protec...