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158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years

For the first time in 180 years, giant tortoises walk again on Floreana Island—in largest restoration effort ever undertaken in Galápagos.

After Nearly 200 Years, Giant Tortoises Have Returned to a Galápagos Island After Historic Rewilding Efforts

Over 150 captive-bred, juvenile tortoises have been released in coordination with a landmark ecological restoration project ...

Galápagos tortoise once believed extinct is now roaming free

The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity, especially their giant tortoises. In 2000, however, scientists made a shocking discovery: a population of tortoises 70 miles away on Isabela ...

Tortoises return to Galapagos island after 150-year absence

Giant tortoises have returned to the Galapagos island of Floreana for the first time nearly 150 years after they were driven ...

Giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island

Ecuador releases 158 juveniles in the first phase of an ambitious rewilding effort at the World Heritage Site.
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Madagascar community unites to rescue more than 10,000 endangered tortoises that were washed away by cyclone

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 lives ...