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Situated in the Pacific, the Galapagos
Archipelago is 600 miles west of Ecuador. It is
comprised of thirteen larger islands and
numerous smaller islets and rocks. Because of
their relative remoteness, the islands of the
Galapagos remained undisturbed for millions of
years. They presented nature a niche in which
unique species evolved over time.
This past June, a
group accompanied Mario Grijalva, Ph.D., associate
professor of microbiology, to Galapagos to explore
its flora and fauna.
Elizabeth Simpson,
an Ohio visual communication major, was one of the
students in the group.
“I have had a
desire to go to the Galapagos since I can remember
after hearing about it as a young child,” Simpson
said. “Nothing is more of a paradise to me than
nature.”
“The Galapagos
Islands are, without a doubt, one of the most
spectacular places on Earth,” said Grijalva. “The
islands often been called ‘laboratory of evolution,’
where scientists have been able to study in detail
many of the processes that have shaped the face of
life on our planet.”
To learn more about
the summer workshop, please visit the
Introduction to the Galapagos
Islands Natural History website.
To read the
full article,
please check out the
OU-HCOM News archives.
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