Ecuador has launched an investigation into the killing of four Galapagos giant tortoises, which prosecutors fear were hunted and eaten. Remains of the reptiles were found in a national park on ...

Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos ... The Director of the Galapagos National Park, Danny Rueda, has said that an expedition will be launched to Fernandina ...

He eats, sleeps, and leaves droppings all day ... giving them the ability to go without either for up to a year. The giant Galapagos tortoises are believed to be descended from African tortoises ...

Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought ... pigs and dogs, which eat their eggs, while other introduced domestic animals like goats destroyed ...

A single giant female tortoise was discovered in 2019 on Fernandina Island, an active volcano in the Galápagos Islands that's considered by some to be the largest pristine island on earth.

Prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single handedly saving his species from extinction. The 100-year-old ...

But a similar finch on another island has a big, thick beak for eating seeds. The tortoises on some islands have shells that are dome shaped because they eat plants that are low down. But similar ...

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 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: On the way to the ranch, observe giant tortoises harmoniously coexisting with cows. Upon arrival, savor a traditional Galapagos coffee with lemongrass. Also, seize the ...

One of two tortoises that recently hatched at Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland is the first time that an albino Galápagos tortoise has been born and kept in captivity, so this little ...