Photo Researchers ftp March 2011

Sally Lightfoot crab on hardened lava on Santiago Island. Santiago Island is in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) on Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) on Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) on Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Sally Lightfoot crabs on a volcanic tuff rock eroded by water. Located on Santiago Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in flight over the coastline of Seymour Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Cloud forest in northern Ecuador.

Glacial flour and till in stream in the Ecuadorian Andes in South America.

Blue-footed booby in flight near Seymour Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Sally Lightfoot crabs on the beach on Baltra Island. Baltra Island is one of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on Baltra Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Sally Lightfoot crab skittering across beach on Baltra Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Sally Lightfoot crabs on the beach on Baltra Island. Baltra Island is one of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) resting on a rock on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) eating cactus pad (Opuntia echios echios) on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Swallow-tailed gulls (Creagrus furcatus) preening on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Great frigatebirds soaring over Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) resting on beach on Santa Fe Island in The Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) grooming on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on the beach on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Nazca booby (Sula granti) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) flying above Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Nazca booby (Sula granti) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

A Waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) egg on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) thermoregulating (panting) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) thermoregulating (panting) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) on a rock on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) displaying courtship behavior on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby pair (Sula nebouxii) on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Female lava lizard (Microlophus delanonis) shedding her skin on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Female lava lizard (Microlophus delanonis) shedding her skin on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Nazca boobies (Sula granti) preening on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) resting on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) resting on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Striated heron (Butorides striata) on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

View of the beach and Pacific Ocean from Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii) in a burrow on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii) on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Darwin Research Station. The research station is located on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapag...

Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Darwin Research Station. The research station is located on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapag...

Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Darwin Research Station. The research station is located on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapag...

Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Darwin Research Station. The research station is located on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapag...

Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) at the Darwin Research Station. The research station is located on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapag...

Immature brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) on a pier at Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island (located in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador).

Immature brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) on a pier at Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island (located in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador).

Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) next to an end-of-trail stop sign on Genovesa Island in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.