A giant tortoise species believed extinct for more than a century has been formally confirmed alive. Genetic analysis published in 2022 established that a female tortoise found on Fernandina Island in ...

Declared extinct for over a century, a lone giant tortoise has resurfaced on a remote volcanic island, raising urgent questions about survival, hidden populations, and whether a lost lineage can truly ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sending Galapagos tortoises, including Gramma, to zoos across the United States was part of early efforts to preserve the species ...

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 ...

Scientists say a tortoise discovered in 2019 on the Galapagos Islands belongs to a species considered extinct more than 100 years ago. The single female tortoise belongs to the species Chelonoidis ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

One of Southwest Florida's most beloved reptiles is finally getting celebrated the way it always deserved to be. Gopher Tortoise Day is April 10, with the goal of raising awareness for the threatened ...

Quick Take Surviving 20 U.S. presidencies and 2 global pandemics is the baseline for Gramma’s century-long conservation status. The Espanola giant tortoise population once dwindled to just 15 ...