We’re stepping into December with powerful momentum for Galápagos conservation. 🌊🐢🦎✨ This week delivered meaningful progress — here in the archipelago and across the globe — for the wildlife and ecosystems that make Galápagos unlike anywhere else on Earth. 🦎 CITES strengthened protection for all Galápagos iguanas, along with whitetip sharks, manta rays, and devil rays that inhabit the Galápagos Marine Reserve, a significant step forward as we celebrated the Reserve’s anniversary as a UNESCO

140K views · 3.5K reactions | Over 180 Texas tortoises rescued! The first-ever Texas Tortoise Turn-In event will help safely return more than 180 tortoises—once kept as pets—back to their native habitat. Big thanks to the Texas Tortoise Conservation Network Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Laredo College Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center and all the folks contributing to the survival of this unique Texas species  | Texas Parks and Wildlife | Facebook