The Yale scientists speculated that the same sailors who slaughtered the tortoises for food in the 19 th century ... was not settled until after the Galapagos chain became a national park within ...

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 ...

Gaughran says the tortoise populations were decimated by European seafarers who hunted them for food, having discovered that they could keep tortoises alive on their ships with minimal effort ...

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 ...

A giant tortoise species thought to be extinct has been found living on the Galapagos island of Fernandina. The discovery marks the first time researchers have located a Fernandina Island tortoise ...

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 ...

Fernanda, a Fernandina Island Galapagos giant tortoise, was discovered in 2019 during an expedition to the island. Scientists have proven that she is the same species as another tortoise found on ...

A rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise who is estimated to be 97 has become the oldest known first-time mother of her species, according to officials at Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy, who has ...

For a century, biologists have been intrigued by a species of Galápagos tortoise thought extinct. But a tortoise recently discovered on a volcanic island belonged to that species, a new paper says.