The Galápagos
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The Galápagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry
By John HessA literal bright spot amid the wet, black rocks is a crab called Sally Lightfoot—a premier species of the shoreline. ... In spite of their abundance and their splayed legs, Sally Lightfoot crabs are a challenge to approach, ...
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The Galapagos: A Natural History
By Henry NichollsBeautifully weaving together natural history, evolutionary theory, and his own experience on the islands, Nicholls shows that the story of the Galágos is not merely an isolated concern, but reflects the future of our species' relationship ...
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The Galapagos
By Henry NichollsIn this captivating natural history, Henry Nicholls builds up the ecology of these famous islands, from their explosive origins to the arrival of the archipelago's celebrated reptiles and ultimately humans.
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The Galapagos: A Natural History
By Henry NichollsDescribes the history of the exotic islands made famous by Charles Darwin, long known to sailors and pirates as a home to fascinating wildlife and volcanic landscapes that has most recently become a hot-spot for ecotourism. 30,000 first ...
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The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences
By Karen S. Harpp, Eric Mittelstaedt, Noémi d'OzouvilleThis book would be of special interest to a multidisciplinary audience in earth sciences, including petrologists, volcanologists, geochronologists, geochemists, and geobiologists.