The Seychelles magpie robin (Copsychus sechellarum), a black-feathered bird about the size of a European blackbird, dwindled to fewer than 20 individuals on a single island in the Seychelles ...

Watson was visiting Guy Savy, the owner of Bird Island, Seychelles, when the very large tortoise approached them. As Guy tells the story: “We were having fun naming our newfound friend.

A hotspot for birders, Seychelles is home to some of the world’s largest seabird colonies. Photograph by Michael Melford - Nat Geo Image Collection The islands’ national bird, the endemic ...

This forest is also a habitat for the rare Seychelles Black Parrot, a bird species that exclusively nests on Praslin Island. Other notable critters of the reserve include the Seychelles skink ...