Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic donations helped fund the return of 158 giant tortoises to Floreana Island, part of ...

More than a century after tortoises became locally extinct on Galápagos National Park’s Floreana Island, 158 giant tortoises ...

Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped before its release. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

On February 20, 158 captive-bred creatures were released onto the island. The return of these young tortoises, ages 8 to 13, ...

For the first time in more than 150 years, giant tortoises are returning to the wild on Floreana Island in the Galápagos — ...

Many researchers thought the two-month absence was caused by the predation of a white shark by a group of orcas. Now a new ...