QUITO, Ecuador — Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, including that of the ...

Previously, only one other tortoise, a large male loner, had been found there in 1906 by explorer Rollo Beck. Scientists had thought this animal was the last of the "fantastic giant tortoise," or ...

A species of tortoise long believed extinct has been found alive and well on the Galápagos Islands. The reptile, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meet Diego, a tortoise around 100 years old, who is somewhat of a hometown hero. He's one of 15 giant tortoises credited with ...

Tortoises "Diego", a species of the Espa?ola Island giant tortoise species, is pictured in a breeding centre at the Galapagos National Park in Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, located ...

Island life is treating 15 recently released giant tortoises well as they settle back into their home island after decades in a captive breeding program. The tortoises, 12 female and three male, have ...

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