The mission of the Academy's Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability (IBSS) is to gather new knowledge about life's diversity and the process of evolution—and to rapidly apply that understanding to our efforts to regenerate life on Earth.
A team of Academy researchers returned to the Galápagos Islands in early 2024 to rekindle local partnerships and study climate-tough corals. The warmer ocean temperatures brought on by El Niño provided a unique opportunity to study how the archipelago’s flora and fauna adapt to environmental change.