Ecuador - A team of scientists has found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have gone extinct more than 100 years ago, according to a press release issued Tuesday. After two years, a team from ...

When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he wasn’t impressed by the dry, volcanic landscape. However, he certainly was shocked to see giant tortoises so enormous that ...

That’s how the archipelago of Galapagos feels when you hop off a Zodiac onto one of its islands. Giant tortoises, marine ...

These massive, slow-moving creatures are famous for their size, longevity and role in shaping their ecosystems. They're living symbols of conservation and natural history. They survive extreme ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 hybrid giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, ...

Volcanic Origins Created Perfect Isolation The Galápagos Islands were formed millions of years ago through volcanic activity.

“Goliath” hatched on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos on June 15, 1890. He is now aged 135 (Instagram/@zoo Miami) A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a ...

Biologist James Gibbs’ volunteer work in the Galapagos Island some 30 years ago introduced him to the giant tortoises that would become the centerpiece of a remarkable research career. Gibbs, ...

This video shows three 29-year-old Galápagos giant tortoises being weighed at London Zoo - using traffic cones. Footage shows Dolly, Polly, and Priscilla plodding over to their weighing boards guided ...

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...