 Megan Bartel, a student in CLA, drew the giant tortoise featured on the Biology of the Galápagos course icon designed by Drs. Sehoya Cotner and Randy Moore. |
 An amorous blue-footed booby get close to Anne Kellerman as she tries to fit him in her frame (just before pulling on, and getting his beak stuck on her skirt!). |
 This blue-footed booby, along with the majority of animals in the Galápagos, is far from camera shy. |
 Aquamarine waters rush in to greet the white sand beaches of Floreana Island. |
 Even mother nature loves maroon and gold. (She showed it with a rainbow.) |
 Dr. Sehoya Cotner, Dr. Randy Moore and University of Minnesota students on the 2008 Biology of the Galápagos trip pose with the University of Minnesota banner at the Charles Darwin Research Station in Puerto Ayora. |
 A Galápagos marine iguana catches some rays and some z’s. |
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 Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology student, Cissy Ballen, stuns the camera and a giant tortoise with her smile at the Charles Darwin Research Station. |
 A mockingbird hungrily devours an albatross egg. |
 A footpath winds its way uphill leading visitors to the discoveries awaiting them. The Galápagos guides and National Park are very adamant that everyone remains on the paths. One is not allowed even one step off the path in fear that one might inadvertently decimate a newly emerging species. |
 Dr. Randy Moore fails miserably at trying to hide his secret life as a fashion icon while photographing marine iguana tracks on a pristine beach. |
 A breathtaking bluff on the island Española free from hotels, resorts, restaurants, and the trash that normally goes along with such developments. |
 A Galápagos pelican never loses a staring contest. |
 Conservation Biology student, Kali Rauk-Nelson, says “Rah, rah, rah for Ski-U-Mah!” while posing next to our flag on our boat, the Floreana. |
 A Galápagos sea lion pup shows Melissa who’s boss. |
 A Galápagos sea lion wakes from her nap to peer into the camera. |
 A red-footed booby bares it all. |
 Gorgeous panoramas are found with every turn of the head, especially during this hike on Española Island. |
 Ecology, Evolution and Behavior student, Jeff Matzke, gives a double thumbs up to snorkeling in the Galápagos! |
 Biology major Lukas Zvers, discovers Galápagos life underwater as the sun slowly falls from the sky. |
 Male frigatebird showing off. |
 In the Galápagos, the Opuntia cactus turns your ordinary tree-hugger (Bryan Eberle) into a cactus-hugger. |
 Dr. Randy Moore and Boat II students gather for a picture around the National Park of the Galápagos plaque. |
 An albatross lays an egg on Española, seemingly unperturbed by getting its picture taken… |
 Ecology, Evolution and Behavior student sports his “Origin of Species” booty from the Charles Darwin Research Station. |
