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This biography of the Galapagos Islands is a six-million-year epic saga of the island's life, its birth in fire, its rise to greatness, and the emergence of life.

A boy goes to the Galapagos Islands and learns about the penguins and other wildlife that live there, as well as the importance of wildlife conservation.

The Galápagos Islands are famed for their remarkable wildlife, including land and marine iguanas, land tortoises, four-eyed fish, and flightless cormorants and albatross. In 1835, Charles Darwin observed variations among the islands' species that inspired him to formulate the theory of natural selection. Eighty-eight years later, in 1923, a scientific expedition sponsored by the New York Zoological Society followed in Darwin's wake. Led by renowned...