Looking for a beach getaway with a twist? This remote spot blends quiet hikes, epic coastal views, and once-in-a-lifetime ...

Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't ...

“At one point, each of the Galapagos Islands had its own unique subspecies of tortoise, but sadly, several of them are now extinct. These hatchlings not only protect the species from ...

“At one point, each of the Galapagos Islands had its own unique subspecies of tortoise, but sadly, several of them are now extinct,” Vice President of Animal Well-Being and Conservation Rachel Metz ...

he discovered a passion for the unique and fragile ecosystem of the islands at age 15 while working as a volunteer guide at a breeding center for giant tortoises known as “La Galapaguera.” ...

The Galápagos Islands are a fascinating archipelago where wildlife seems to reign supreme. The islands are one of the few places in the world where the human footprint is continuously monitored ...

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP ... a special threat to the giant tortoises closely associated with the Galapagos. The tortoises declined dramatically in the 19th century due to hunting ...

Feral animals — cats, dogs, pigs, goats and cattle, none of them native — are threatening the unique species of the islands ... the giant tortoises closely associated with the Galapagos.

Hundreds of endangered giant tortoises have been returned to the wild on the Galápagos Islands through a conservation program. Park rangers and conservation groups worked together to collect ...

An Ecuadorian fossil hints that the giant tortoises of the Galapagos were already colossal when they arrived in the islands 1. The ancestors of the Galapagos Islands’ famous tortoises ...

Natural scientist and author Robert Rothman takes readers on a reptillian tour of the Galápagos Islands in his new book, A Paradise for Reptiles: Lizards, Snakes, and Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos ...

A captive breeding program has seen the return of Galápagos giant tortoises to Española in the Galápagos Islands. As the tortoise population rebounds, the island ecosystem is in the process of ...