For the past 50 years, the Galapagos Islands have been at the heart of a restoration and conservation program.

Authorities in Ecuador are investigating the deaths of four giant tortoises in the Galápagos Islands, the South American archipelago that is a haven for all kinds of rare wildlife, amid fears ...

In the following century, conservationists set out to restore the Galápagos giant tortoise on Española—and the island ecosystem. They began eradicating the introduced species, and capturing ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In the late 19th ...

Back from the brink As many as 300,000 giant tortoises once roamed the Galapagos Islands. Whalers and colonists started collecting them for food in the 19th century. Early settlers introduced rats ...

DNA analysis showed the newly found tortoise came from the same lineage as one found in 1906. A single giant female tortoise was discovered in 2019 on Fernandina Island, an active volcano in the ...

Giant tortoises are divided into several subspecies based on their location. The most famous are the Galapagos giant tortoises, found on the Galapagos Islands, which include subspecies like the ...

The Galapagos Island tortoises are famous throughout the world. These giants from a bygone age are unique and found nowhere ...

However, in addition to the special activities, every day involved some kind of walk or hike and snorkeling, except for the day when we went to see the giant tortoises on Santa Cruz. Some days ...

This video shows three 29-year-old Galápagos giant tortoises being weighed at London Zoo - using traffic cones. Footage shows Dolly, Polly, and Priscilla plodding over to their weighing boards ...

Fernanda the "fantastic giant tortoise" at the Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise Breeding Center in Galapagos.Galapagos Conservancy Fernanda was collected and placed in captivity at the Galápagos ...