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Students explore evolutionary marvels during a journey to the Galápagos Islands

Fifteen undergraduate students spent their spring break in the living laboratory of Charles Darwin. Professor of Biological Sciences Ignacio Moore served as the faculty guide on the students’ week-long trip to the rugged islands in the Pacific Ocean, alongside Bill Hopkins of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Galápagos are known for inspiring Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” which was published in 1859.

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