Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the Galapagos Islands, a province of Ecuador. Of the original 15 species of giant tortoise discovered, only 15 remain and most are critically endangered.

Where did Harriet come from? Naturalist Charles Darwin collected the turtle during an expedition to the Galapagos Islands in 1835 – specifically, the island of Santa Cruz. At the time, she was about ...

Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have ... Origin of Species. Ecuador's Environment Minister Marcelo Mata announced on Twitter the discovery of a specimen “of the tortoise species ...

One of the main reasons why the Galapagos Islands feature so high on our list is because the Galapagos green sea turtle is a subspecies of green turtle that can only be found in the waters of the ...

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, an influx of sea turtles washed up on St. Johns County beaches with very low body temperatures, a phenomenon known as "cold ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Over 1,100 turtles find themselves at Gulf World Marine Institute trying to get warm. “They are reptiles, so their body temperature is controlled by their ...

Over 20,000 tortoises have been rescued from illegal wildlife poaching by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Turtle Survival Alliance. The TSA's Androy Tortoise Conservation Center, based in ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A near-record number of cold-stunned sea turtles are currently in the care of the Gulf World Marine Institute. According to the organization, they currently ...

Dar es Salaam. A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to Tanzania as evidence against their smuggler. More than two years ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...