It’s 10 am and I’m on a small blue boat skimming across the Sea of Cortez just off the coast of La Paz, Baja California Sur in Mexico. The water is clear and calm and there’s not a cloud in the sky.

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Introduction -- The big split : the geologic origin of the gulf and its islands -- Lessons from Anak Krakatoa : an introduction to island biogeography -- Mexico's Galápagos : island life -- Flying ...