Six Sites That Are the Galapagos For Modern Darwins
The once-isolated islands of the Galápagos gave Charles Darwin insights into the dynamics of evolution that changed forever the way we think about the world
we can see evidence of animals’ and plants’ adapting to their environment before our eyes
go for fresh inspiration about how life has adapted
25,000 feet under the sea
images of abundant life nearly five miles beneath the surface of the Pacific
Somehow they’ve adapted to the extreme cold and intense pressure
devour toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and copper
New Guinea has 7 percent of the world’s biodiversity
The island harbors some of the world’s most unusual organisms, including kangaroos that live in trees and lizards that have green blood
fossil fish, Tiktaalik roseae
a combination of the limbs, skull, neck, and ribs of four-limbed animals and the more primitive jaw, fins, and scales of fish