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Scientists confirm that reintroducing giant tortoises is bringing life back to forgotten Galápagos islands

Back in the late 1800s, groups of whalers, settlers, and pirates completely shifted the balance of the Galapagos Islands by ...
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Scientists say giant tortoise species thought to be extinct more than 100 years ago found in Galapagos

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 ...

How Removing a Tortoise From the Wild Helped Save an Entire Species

Located at the San Diego Zoo, Gramma, the resident tortoise, was born in the Galapagos Islands around 1884. Those at the zoo ...
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Galapagos giant tortoise gene study hints at longevity secrets

The Pacific island chain off mainland Ecuador is famous for its unique flora and fauna studied by Charles Darwin as he developed his theory of evolution. Twelve giant tortoise species still inhabit it ...
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Giant tortoise celebrates his 135th birthday - and first Father’s Day - at Miami Zoo

“Goliath” hatched on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos on June 15, 1890. He is now aged 135 (Instagram/@zoo Miami) A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a ...
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Species of tortoise was thought to be extinct for over 100 years found in South America

A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador's government. The last known time a ...
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Galapagos giant tortoises edited by James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot, Washington Tapia Aguilera

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia’s Galápagos connection

Weighing more than 500 pounds and with an average life span exceeding a century, the Galápagos giant tortoise — once one of nature’s most enduring animals — is now one of its most endangered. Found ...
Forbes

Meet The World’s Oldest Living Land Animal. Hint: He Was Born Before Lightbulbs Existed

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...
Reuters

Galapagos eruption no threat to giant turtles

(Repeats to add dropped word in headline) By Alonso Soto QUITO, May 30 (Reuters) - A volcano in the Galapagos islands that spewed molten lava is not a threat to 100-year-old giant tortoises living ...
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Baby Giant Tortoises In Galapagos Park After Trafficking Attempt Foiled

Dozens of baby giant tortoises are being looked after at Galapagos National Park after an attempt to traffick them out of the islands. An Ecuadorian policeman was arrested after airport officials ...