A sizable tuff cone called Daphne Major has been somewhat eroded by the sea. Because of its fragility, visitors must have a special permit. Here you can find nesting Nazca boobies, red-billed tropicbirds, and blue-footed boobies. Peter and Rosemary Grant’s famous 40-year study of evolution in Darwin’s finches, which demonstrates evolution occurring over short periods of time, was conducted primarily at Daphne Major. The island’s finches are almost all banded.
What you need to know about Mosquera Islet, Galápagos Mosquera is known for being a diving point and islet in Galápagos. As many islets are, this one was also formed because of a volcanic uprising. Killer whales, sometimes known as orcas, have occasionally been spotted in the seas around Mosquera Island. They were presumably drawn […]
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What you need to know about Daphne Minor, Galápagos The Daphne’s, two eroded cones, are located north of Santa Cruz Island. At the smaller (Daphne Minor), we dive along a wall of cliffs that has hidden treasures, a bottom made of rocks and sand, and an incline that slopes downward from us like a pyramid […]
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