How the Galapagos cormorant lost its ability to fly
Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
The flightless cormorant is one of a diverse array of animals that live on the Galapagos Islands, which piqued Charles Darwin's scientific curiosity in the 1830s. He hypothesized that altered evolutionary pressures may have contributed to the loss of the ability to fly in birds like the Galapagos cormorant.