BBC3 年
Galápagos tortoise found alive is from species thought extinct
Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos ... The Director of the Galapagos National Park, Danny Rueda, has said that an expedition will be launched to Fernandina ...
BBC2 年
Ecuador fears Galapagos tortoises were hunted and eaten
the largest island of the Galapagos archipelago. Killing the endangered animals has been banned since 1933 but more than a dozen have been hunted in the last two years. Tortoise meat was once ...
MercoPress5 年
Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century
The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a ...
来自MSN4 个月
Hundreds of giant tortoises return to Galápagos Islands decades after near-extinction of ...
The repatriations form part of the Iniciativa Galápagos project, which aims to rewild 15 endangered species across the 127-island archipelago including the giant tortoise, iguana and waved ...
来自MSN1 个月
Giant Galapagos Tortoise Stampedes Over Action Camera AT Full Speed
they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant tortoise discovered, only 15 remain and most are critically endangered. They live ...
Business Insider India2 年
Galapagos 'fantastic giant tortoise' was believed to be extinct for 100 years — until the ...
A single giant female tortoise was discovered in 2019 on Fernandina Island, an active volcano in the Galápagos Islands that's considered by some to be the largest pristine island on earth.
MercoPress4 年
Prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is credited for saving his species from extinction
Prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single handedly saving his species from extinction. The 100-year-old ...
BBC4 年
Let's explore the Galápagos Islands
The tortoises on some islands have shells that ... Important actions are being taken by environmental charities to look after endangered animals in the Galápagos and to protect the island's ...
Animal Welfare Institute11 年
And Then There Were None: Lonesome George Dies in the Galapagos
Lonesome George, the last known Pinta giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni) in existence, has died. Galapagos National Park Service officials announced in June that George—believed to be around ...
The News International2 年
Rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise faces the world
One of two tortoises that recently hatched at Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland is the first time that an albino Galápagos tortoise has been born and kept in captivity, so this little ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 年
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Gopher Tortoise
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc. sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species Act protections to gopher tortoises ...