Back in the late 1800s, groups of whalers, settlers, and pirates completely shifted the balance of the Galapagos Islands by killing off native animals—such as ...
Located at the San Diego Zoo, Gramma, the resident tortoise, was born in the Galapagos Islands around 1884. Those at the zoo ...
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — Editor's Note: The pictured tortoise above is not the one discovered in the Galapagos. A giant tortoise found in 2019 on the Galapagos island of Fernandina is said to be ...
On our third day in the Galápagos Islands, we traveled to the highlands for our first look at some of the most majestic creatures on the planet. Galápagos giant tortoises make their home half the year ...
After conducting decades of research and advising on giant tortoise conservation, including helping to rediscover descendants of a thought-to-be-extinct giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands earlier ...
World-renowned giant tortoises in the Galápagos Islands are ingesting plastic at astounding rates, potentially harming the critically endangered species. A study showed that tortoises in urban areas ...
A living member of species of a tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos island of Fernandina.An adult female Chelonoidis ...
Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant ...
In June, lightning struck St. Catherines Island 157 times, sparking massive fires on land already parched by drought. An uninhabited sea island south of Savannah, St. Catherines is privately owned and ...
A population of endangered giant tortoises, which once dwindled to just over a dozen, has recovered on the Galapagos island of Española, a finding described as "a true story of success and hope in ...
SAN ANTONIO – Aldabra tortoises — one of the largest tortoise species in the world — now call SeaWorld San Antonio home. SeaWorld San Antonio said Tuesday that the new exhibit, called Aldabra Island, ...
LOS ANGELES - A giant tortoise species studied by Charles Darwin and believed to be extinct for more than 150 years may be alive and well, an ambitious genetic survey has revealed. Blood sampling of ...