But the Galapagos cormorant has extremely short wings. They cannot support flight. But they work well for swimming. The islands also have a large collection of small birds called Darwin's finches.

The Galapagos cormorant last shared a common ancestor with flighted cormorants two million years ago, which is an incredibly short time in evolutionary terms. For comparison, ...

The Galapagos cormorant, with its short, scraggly wings, is the only one of 40 cormorant species that cannot fly. It is also the largest of the cormorants, and a strong swimmer that dives for its ...

The Galapagos cormorant, with its short, scraggly wings, is the only one of 40 cormorant species that cannot fly. It is also the largest of the cormorants, and a strong swimmer that dives for its ...

新的研究指出，有若干基因可能与加拉帕戈斯鸬鹚（Galapagos cormorant）丧失飞行能力有关。有趣的是，这些基因与人类的某些骨病相关基因类似。丧失 ...