https://wildlife.blog/tags/isla-isabela/Recent content in Isla Isabela on Wildlife.blogHugoen-ushttps://wildlife.blog/posts/penguins-galapagos-isla-isabella/https://wildlife.blog/posts/penguins-galapagos-isla-isabella/<p>📍 Isla Isabela, Galápagos Islands</p> <hr> <p><strong>Galápagos Penguin</strong> <em>(Spheniscus mendiculus)</em></p> <p>The only penguin species found north of the equator, and the rarest penguin in the world — fewer than 2,000 remain, all within the Galápagos archipelago.</p> <p>Year-round residents of Isla Isabela, which hosts the majority of the global population thanks to the cold, nutrient-rich Cromwell Current that sweeps past the island&rsquo;s western coast.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_penguin">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3767-Spheniscus-mendiculus">iNaturalist</a> | <a href="https://ebird.org/species/galpen1">eBird</a></p>