Island Wildlife

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5 things you always wanted to know about dodos

Working on the excavation pit 4 © Julia Heinen

Ecosystem of the dodo uncovered

A pair of Sally-lightfoot crabs cling to volcanic rocks on the coast of Santiago Island

Runner-up of the Up Close and Personal category - 'Sally-lightfoot crabs'. © Kevin Purohit/Galápagos Conservation Trust

Galapagos Conservation Trust Photography Competition 2019

Aldabara rail and tortoise. © Julian Hume/Trustees of NHM.

Bird species evolved flightlessness twice

Achrioptera maroloko, one of two newly discovered colourful Madagascan species. Maroloko means

Two new flamboyant stick insect species discovered

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses on Gough Island. © Ben Dilley

Save endangered species by culling invasive animals

John Hunt @ Laura Adamson/Scottish Seabird Centre

Helping puffins on Scottish islands

Ring-tailed lemurs. © Getty

The effect of viral videos on endangered lemurs

Lewis Easdown - Grey Slender Loris - Project Loris -

Wildlife treasures of a Sri Lankan arboretum

Land iguanas are an endemic species to the Galápagos Islands. © Island Conservation

Iguanas reintroduced to island after 180 years absence

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A new dawn for the wildlife of Redonda

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Kiss of the oceans gallery, by Irene Mendez Cruz

Come late summer, the 170-foot high mountain is covered in the purple-pink colour of ling heather. In some areas of the island this species makes up an important coastal habitat known as maritime heath. © Ben Porter

Wildlife on the ‘Island of 20,000 Saints’

Animal Behaviour Category 2nd place: Achoo! © Joseph Sullivan.

Galapagos Conservation Trust Photography Competition 2018

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The reason why a young eagle is causing celebrations in Scotland