Galapagos Island Presentation at Boston Nature Center

The Galapagos Islands, Photo copyright by Eduardo del Solar, all rights reserved

The Galapagos Islands are home to many unique animal species. It was the variety of different finches found on the various islands of the Galapagos that were a large part of the inspiration for Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking work Origin of the Species. Today, the Galapagos Islands are still teaching us much about the natural world, including lessons about what not to do.

 On Thursday, October 8th at 6:30 p.m., The Boston Nature Center will host a presentation on the Galapagos Islands by Eduardo del Solar, noted nature photographer and Boston area educator. The presentation will focus on current stresses put on the islands’ ecology and upon the people who live there. He recently had the opportunity to make a trip to the islands and spend time with local teachers discussing conservation issues.

•  A selection of Galapagos Island Photographs by Eduardo del Solar
• The presentation will include many of the photographs that del Solar took on this trip, including many of sea and shore birds, as well as of what is perhaps the most endangered species in the world, the Pinta Island Tortoise (Geochelone nigra abingdoni) which is represented by a single surviving specimen known as Lonesome George. While many excursions to the Galapagos Islands are billed as eco-tourism, they are never the less having a strong detrimental effect to the regions, such that the Galapagos Islands were added to the list of UNESCO Endangered World Heritage Sites in 2007.

 The two hour presentation is free to the public. Registration is not required.

Address:

Boston Nature Center

500 Walk Hill Street

Mattapan, MA 02126

 Those interested in more of Eduardo del Solar’s photography can see his Birds of the Americas III exhibit also on display at the Boston Nature Center throughout the month of October.

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