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Natural selection at its most powerful winnowed certain finches harshly during a severe drought in 1977. That year, the vegetation withered. Seeds of all kinds were scarce.

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube The Galápagos Islands are renowned for their unique ecology and rich biodiversity. Isolated and remote, these islands are home to some of the most unique ...

New species of Galapagos finch ‘can arise after just six consecutive droughts’ The Darwin finches, a group of about 18 species of passerine birds, are well known for their wide diversity in ...

B. Rosemary Grant is Senior Research Biologist, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, she discusses how quickly evolution can work among species: What ...

The Darwin finches, ... New species of Galapagos finch ... known as Darwin’s finches because they helped British naturalist Charles Darwin uncover the process of evolution by natural selection.

The Galapagos is a province in Ecuador well known for the diversity of finches. These birds are collectively known as Darwin’s finches because they helped British naturalist Charles Darwin uncover the ...

The Darwin finches, ... it takes for a new species of finch to emerge in the Galapagos ... helped British naturalist Charles Darwin uncover the process of evolution by natural selection.

The Darwin finches, a group of about 18 species of passerine birds, are well known for their wide diversity in beak form and function. New species of Galapagos finch ‘can arise after just six ...