Monthly Archives: October 2022

Unique animals of the Galapagos Islands Galapagos penguin

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 […]

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Unique animals of the Galapagos Islands Galapagos cormorants

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 […]

Unique animals of the Galapagos Islands

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 […]