Where can I find information about unique plants and animals from the Galapagos Islands?

Noteworthy species include:

Galápagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus

Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (only iguana feeding from the sea)

Galápagos tortoise (Galápagos Giant tortoise),

Geochelone elephantopus, known as Galápago in Spanish, it gave the name to the islands

Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii

Galápagos Green Turtle, thought to be a subspecies of the

Pacific Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas agassisi

Vampire Finch Geospiza difficilis septentrionalis, which is sometimes called the Sharp Beaked Ground Finch.

Sea cucumber, the cause of environmental battles with fishermen over quotas of this expensive Asian delicacy

Holothuria spp.

4 endemic species of Mockingbirds, the first species Darwin noticed varying from island to island

13 endemic species of buntings, popularly called Darwin’s finches

Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus

Galápagos Penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus, present because of the frigid Antarctic Humboldt Current

Flightless Cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi

Great Frigatebird and Magnificent Frigatebird

Galápagos Hawk, Buteo galapagoensis

Galápagos Sea lions, Zalophus californianus, closely related to the California Sea Lion, but smaller in size.

links –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin_Research_Station
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

http://www.ecuadors.org/galapagos/