Galapagos Penguin Facts, Penguin Species Living in Tropical Climates Penguins are a species of sea bird that generally live in cold waters in the southern hemisphere. But apparently there are also types of penguins that live in tropical areas, the Galapagos Penguin. As the name implies, these penguins can only be found in the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2022
FEEDING ON BLOOD. SCIENTISTS NAME GALAPAGOS VAMPIRE CREATURES As you know, in nature there are predators and herbivores. But some living organisms prefer food that shocks a person. At least three types of dangerous vampires are widely distributed and known in the world, which not only drink other people’s blood, but also carry […]
Galapagos cormorants have forgotten how to fly because of non-growing cilia American and Chilean biologists have discovered how the Galapagos flightless cormorant lost its ability to fly. Representatives of this species have changed the functions of proteins that regulate the growth or work of cilia (cilia – important cellular organelles), and the absence or […]
Marine iguana An unusual representative of reptiles lives in the Galapagos Islands. Most of the lizards we know prefer to inhabit forests, mountains, deserts, but among the 3000 species, only one – the Galapagos marine iguana – can be considered a real marine animal. Although its appearance does not meet model standards, it is ideally […]