Galpagos: Life in Motion

(Hardback)

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A lavish photographic celebration that captures the fascinating behaviors of land and sea animals in the Galapagos Islands The Galapagos Islands are home to an amazing variety of iconic creatures, from Giant Tortoises, Galapagos Sea Lions, Galapagos Penguins, and Ghost Crabs to Darwin's finches, the Blue-footed Booby, and Hummingbird Moths. But

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"Every office with a waiting room should have this book on its coffee table, and any living room where guests might have a few moments before or during a party to browse the dcor." * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *

Author Bio

Walter Perez is a photographer and naturalist who has been working in the Galpagos for two decades. His award-winning photograph of a Great Frigatebird stealing nesting material from a Red-footed Booby, Battle of the Sticks, which is featured in this book, is on permanent display at the University of Connecticuts Stamford campus. He lives in Galpagos, Ecuador. Michael Weisberg is a science educator, documentary filmmaker, and philosopher of science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he codirects the Galpagos Education and Research Alliance, which conducts science, education, and conservation initiatives in the Galpagos. He lives in Philadelphia.