Tsunami Spares Galapagos Wildlife, but Destroys Marine Laboratory

Giant Tortoise Breeding Center will not be open to visitation until visitors can be properly attended. Lonesome George, the iconic last Giant Tortoise from Pinta island, had been moved to high ground prior to the tsunami as a precautionary measure.

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Wild Aid helps women's coop in Galapagos

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Are we loving the Galapagos to death?

160,000 visitors a year, a permanent population of 30,000, introduced species that compete with endemic fauna... can the Galapagos survive? REvista showcases Darwin and Galapagos.

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Amazon Crude - CBS News

The people who live in a remote region of Ecuador are suing Chevron, saying reckless oil exploration poisoned the most important rain forest on earth.

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The Ultimate Hollywood Deal by Kim Masters

It's the most persistent rumor in the business—that GE will sell struggling NBC Universal to struggling Time Warner. Kim Masters reports on the deal that would change the entertainment landscape forever.

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Saving the Galápagos means rebuilding nature

Saving the Galapagos means rebuilding nature Conservation in Darwin's lab isn't about preservation – it's now an epic experiment in restoration. By Sara Miller Llana and Moises Velasquez-Manoff | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor

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The fragile Galapagos struggles with a wave of tourism

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A Look at GlobalPost's Business Model, Site Navigation

Could this be the new business model for journalism?

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Galápagos Islands: Is there room for humans in 'nature's laboratory'? | csmonitor.com

Is there room for humans in nature's laboratory as the Galápagos Islands are known? Ecuador's government is trying to control migration because overpopulation is one of the reasons UNESCO placed the islands on the list of endangered world heritage sites.

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Kiva and Grameen inspire creative start-ups to fund education

Microsoft product manager Xiang Li received a "blessing and gift" from her parents that she's now hoping to pass on to others. Li's family immigrated from China when she was 4 years old, in a large part to make sure she had a well-rounded education in the U.S.

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Blog of a Vegan Pirate in Galapagos, Post 3: Government Reaction by Tod Emko March 2, 2009 8:13pm

From September to December 2008, the vegan conservation groups Sea Shepherd, Animal Balance, and S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. waged a fight to protect the ecosystem and all the animals of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

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Canadian Mining Firm Financed Violence in Ecuador: Lawsuit

..."three villagers from the valley of Intag in northwestern Ecuador are suing Copper Mesa Mining Corporation (TSX:CUX) and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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Darwin's Galapagos

Two hundred years on from the birth of Charles Darwin, BBC science correspondent David Shukman travels to the Galapagos Islands where the great 19th Century figure made observations critical to his theory of evolution.

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"After the White House: A retirement plan for President Bush" by Dr. Stephen Forman

Dr. Stephen Forman, recognized as one of the best physicians in the U.S., prescribes a series of activities for former president Bush: from visiting wounded veterans to comforting the families of those killed in the wars he initiated. Worth reading.

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Galápagos sigue en estado de 'shock'

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin a celebration in Santa Cruz island included a wet t-shirt contest, sand castle competition, etc. on a beach where turtles and other protected species nest.

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Martians land in Quito

Sixty years ago a radio station in Quito, Ecuador, broadcast their version of The War of the Worlds creating even greater panic than Orson Welles did in the U.S. eleven years earlier.

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Can Companies Survive Without a Concern for Diversity?

White people are going to be less than 50 percent of the U.S. population by 2043. Latinos will be 30 percent of our population by then. Aside from the obvious.... read this story to see what forward thinking companies are doing regarding diversity

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A Thug By Any Other Name

The evolution of language and how the word "thug" is now viewed as "racist" by some African Americans.

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Rare pink iguana evaded Darwin

Hefty iguana found in the Galapagos Islands has been around a long time

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"Growing Up in Galápagos"

Galápagos history interwoven with the personal history of Cecilia Alvear and her father who was the military governor of the islands and where she was born.

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Mr. Castro, Mrs. Schwarzenegger and Me: a TV journalist's adventures in Cuba

Cecilia Alvear, a pioneering Latina journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, recounts her amusing adventures as an NBC News producer in Cuba with Maria Shriver, years before Ms. Shriver became California's First Lady.

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The Big Question: How important was Charles Darwin, and what is his legacy today? By Archie Bland Tuesday, 30 December 2008

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ABC News: Economic crisis has small car sales making a U-turn

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Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan

The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift.

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