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Galápagos Rail Rediscovered On Floreana Island After Nearly 200 Years
The Galápagos rail (Laterallus spilonota), a small, elusive bird once believed extinct on Floreana Island, has been spotted ...
Galápagos Rail seen on island where Charles Darwin discovered it for first time in 200 years
The Galápagos Rail has returned after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven out the bird ...
Galápagos Island Bird Considered Extinct Seen After 190 Years
The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.
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Galápagos Rail Returns To Floreana Island After 200 Years – Or Was It Hiding There All Along?
It's surprisingly easy to lose a species: from golden moles to tap-dancing spiders, some species are so secretive they are seen once and then never heard from again. The same was true for the ...
Creature observed by Darwin thought extinct on Galápagos island — until now. See it
The year was 1835, and during his groundbreaking five-week visit, Darwin recorded the presence of a small bird on the island ...
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Galápagos Rail Rediscovered After 190 Years Following Island Restoration
A bird seen by Charles Darwin on his visit to Floreana island in 1835 has been observed in the wild there for the first time ...
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A bird last seen by Darwin 190 years ago reappears on a Galápagos island
The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers ...
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Creature observed by Darwin thought extinct on Galápagos island — until now. See it
The year was 1835, and during his groundbreaking five-week visit, Darwin recorded the presence of a small bird on the island of Floreana. It was described and named the Galápagos rail.