https://wildlife.blog/tags/gal%C3%A1pagos/Recent content in Galápagos on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/angry-crab/https://wildlife.blog/posts/angry-crab/<hr> <p><strong>Sally Lightfoot Crab</strong> <em>(Grapsus grapsus)</em></p> <p>One of the most vibrantly colored crabs in the world, juveniles start jet-black to camouflage against lava rock, then turn blazing red-orange as adults.</p> <p>Abundant year-round across the Galápagos shoreline, found on virtually every rocky coast in the archipelago.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapsus_grapsus">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48789-Grapsus-grapsus">iNaturalist</a></p>https://wildlife.blog/posts/blue-footed-booby-los-tunnels-isla-isabella/https://wildlife.blog/posts/blue-footed-booby-los-tunnels-isla-isabella/<p><strong>Blue-Footed Booby</strong> <em>(Sula nebouxii)</em></p> <p>Famous for their vivid turquoise feet — the brighter the blue, the healthier the bird, and mates choose accordingly.</p> <p>A year-round breeding resident of Isabela Island; Los Túneles is one of the best spots to see them nesting right on the lava.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-footed_booby">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4313-Sula-nebouxii">iNaturalist</a> | <a href="https://ebird.org/species/bluboo">eBird</a></p>https://wildlife.blog/posts/galapagos-cactus/https://wildlife.blog/posts/galapagos-cactus/<p><strong>Galápagos Prickly Pear</strong> <em>(Opuntia echios)</em></p> <p>The largest prickly pear in the world, growing tree-sized trunks up to 12 metres tall — an evolutionary arms race with giant tortoises and land iguanas that graze on the lower pads.</p> <p>Endemic to the Galápagos and found across most of the archipelago; its fruit and pads are a critical food source for tortoises, iguanas, finches, and mockingbirds alike.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_echios">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/164280-Opuntia-echios">iNaturalist</a></p>